Is it the abuse or the aftermath?: A stress and coping approach to understanding responses to incest

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 318-339

  Holman, E Alison ^b   Silver, Roxane Cohen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000288075     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.1996.15.3.318     Document Type: Article

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