Memory functioning in adult women traumatized by childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 527-534

  Stein, Murray B ^a   Hanna, Cindy ^b   Vaerum, Vibeke ^b   Koverola, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Child abuse; Cognition; Memory; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0032809164     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024775222098     Document Type: Article

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