Empathy, intimacy, loneliness, and self-esteem in nonfamilial child molesters: A brief report

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 87-98

  Marshall, W L ^a   Champagne, Frances ^b   Brown, Christine ^b   Miller, Sarah ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Queens University

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LONELINESS; MALE; OFFENDER; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0031425158     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v06n03_06     Document Type: Article

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