Reported sexual abuse and subsequent psychopathology among women attending psychology clinics: The mediating role of dissociation

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-326

  Ross Gower, Jo ^a   Waller, Glenn ^b   Tyson, Mary ^c   Elliott, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c N Birmingham Trust Psychol Serv

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031658640     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01388.x     Document Type: Article

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