Adolescent survivors of childhood sexual abuse: The mediating role of attachment style and coping in psychological and interpersonal functioning

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1175-1191

  Shapiro, Deborah L ^a   Levendosky, Alytia A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attachment; Coping; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0032877117     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00085-X     Document Type: Article

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