Reality testing in adult women who report childhood sexual and physical abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1193-1203

  Sacco, Marie L ^a   Farber, Barry A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Dissociation; Reality testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISSOCIATION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0032857157     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00077-0     Document Type: Article

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