Attributions, world assumptions, and recovery from sexual assault

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-19

  Ullman, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM;

EID: 0030766438     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v06n01_01     Document Type: Article

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