Themes of power and betrayal in sexual abuse survivors' characterizations of interpersonal relationships

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 745-761

  Liem, Joan Huser ^a   O'Toole, Joan Gately ^a   James, Jacquelyn Boone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Radcliffe College   (United States)

Author keywords

betrayal; depression; power; self esteem; sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0029987355     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02104100     Document Type: Article

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