Relating body image to psychological and sexual functioning in child sexual abuse survivors

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 543-562

  Wenninger, Kerstin ^a,b   Heiman, Julia R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudinal body image; Child sexual abuse; Cognitive affective body image; Long term psychological functioning; Sexual functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0031927688     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024408830159     Document Type: Article

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