Psychological assessment of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse within a naturalistic clinical sample

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-184

  Callahan, Kelley L ^a   Price, Jennifer L ^b   Hilsenroth, Mark J ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0038557202     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA8002_06     Document Type: Article

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