The impact of child sexual abuse on adult interpersonal functioning: A review and synthesis of the empirical literature

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-328

  Davis, Joanne L ^a   Petretic Jackson, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult interpersonal functioning; Child sexual abuse; Intimacy; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CONFLICT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0033961210     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(99)00010-5     Document Type: Review

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