Willingness to self-disclose among late adolescent female survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-310

  Nereo, Nancy E ^a   Farber, Barry A ^b   Hinton, Veronica J ^c  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036264956     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015449601844     Document Type: Article

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