Object relations of sexually and physically abused female children: A TAT analysis

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-105

  Ornduff, Sidney R ^a   Kelsey, Robert M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MORALITY; OBJECT RELATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0030024816     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6601_7     Document Type: Article

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