The psychological impact of withholding disclosure of child sexual abuse

Violence and Victims

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-145

  Sinclair, Barbara B ^a   Gold, Steven R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABUSE; SHAME; VICTIM;

EID: 0030725493     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.12.2.137     Document Type: Article

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