Different forms of childhood abuse and memory

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-135

  Melchert, Timothy P ^a   Parker, R Lance ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Childhood memory; Memory; Recovered memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031081276     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(96)00138-X     Document Type: Article

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