Dysfunctional cognitions and adult psychological functioning in child sexual abuse survivors

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 281-300

  Wenninger, Kerstin ^a   Ehlers, Anke ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Child sexual abuse; Cognitive theories; Dysfunctional beliefs; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; VICTIM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031894885     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024451103931     Document Type: Article

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