Child sexual abuse and its relationship to revictimization in adult women: A review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 397-420

  Messman, Terri L ^b   Long, Patricia J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; THEORY; VICTIM;

EID: 0029840418     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0272-7358(96)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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