Psychological functioning and family discord among African-American adolescent females with and without a history of childhood sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 973-988

  Cecil, Heather ^a   Matson, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American females; Childhood sexual abuse; Family environment; Psychological functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034909091     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(01)00250-2     Document Type: Article

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