Balancing acts: Reconceptualizing support in maternal response to intra-familial child sexual abuse

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-56

  Alaggia, Ramona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grounded theory method; Intra familial child sexual abuse; Maternal support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036248244     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014274311428     Document Type: Article

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