Emotional Closeness with Perpetrators and Amnesia for Child Sexual Abuse

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-88

  Schultz, Tammy ^a   Passmore, J Lawrence ^b,c   Yoder, C Y ^d  

^a Grace College   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Union Hospital   (United States)

^d TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Childhood sexual abuse; Dissociation; Perceived emotional closeness; Suggestibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; SUGGESTION;

EID: 0347379766     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v12n01_04     Document Type: Article

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