Women's report of unwanted sexual attention during childhood

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-93

  Whealin, Julia M ^a  

^a National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Covert sexual abuse; Girls; Sexual harassment; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0036032814     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v11n01_04     Document Type: Article

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