Low-income preschoolers' behavior with anatomically detailed dolls

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-378

  Dawson, Brenda ^a   Geddie, Lane ^b   Wagner, William ^c  

^a NeuroMedical Center   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomically detailed dolls; Child abuse evaluations; Child sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030490645     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02333423     Document Type: Article

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