Mediating factors in the development of psychopathology in victims of childhood sexual abuse

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-316

  Steel, Jennifer L ^a,b   Wilson, Greg ^a   Cross, Herb ^a   Whipple, James ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Family dysfunction; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; Sexual offending; Sexual victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006895248     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02260165     Document Type: Article

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