To tell or not to tell: Current functioning of child sexual abuse survivors who disclosed their victimization

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-71

  Arata, Catalina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0002987399     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559598003001006     Document Type: Article

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