Social support and coping strategies as mediators of adult adjustment following childhood maltreatment

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-226

  Runtz, Marsha G ^a   Schallow, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; Physical abuse; Sexual abuse; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031080836     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(96)00147-0     Document Type: Article

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