Long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse: Objective and subjective characteristics of the abuse and psychopathology in later life

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 150-158

  Lange, Alfred ^a   De Beurs, Edwin ^b   Dolan, Conor ^a   Lachnit, Tanja ^c   Sjollema, Sandra ^d   Hanewald, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Pedagogical Psychological Institute   (Netherlands)

^d Institute for Guided Living   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISSOCIATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCEST; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033054540     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199903000-00004     Document Type: Article

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