On memories of childhood abuse: A phenomenological study

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 799-812

  Dale, Peter ^a   Allen, John ^b  

^a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PATIENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 0031828886     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00057-X     Document Type: Article

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