Trauma specific versus generic measurement of distress and the validity of self-reported symptoms in sexually abused children

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 51-66

  Fricker, Adrienne E ^a   Smith, Daniel W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child sexual abuse; PTSD; Response set; Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC); Validity scales

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PERSONALITY INVENTORY FOR YOUTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SYMPTOM; TRAUMA SYMPTOM CHECKLIST FOR CHILDREN; VALIDATION PROCESS; VICTIM;

EID: 0035745223     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v10n04_04     Document Type: Article

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