Psychometric utility of the childhood trauma questionnaire with female street-based sex workers

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 33-41

  Villano, Cherie L ^a   Cleland, Charles ^a   Rosenblum, Andrew ^a   Fong, Chunki ^a   Nuttbrock, Larry ^a   Marthol, Marie ^a   Wallace, Joyce ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b FROST'D   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Childhood trauma; Female sex workers; Prostitution; Trauma assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DENIAL; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 11244321646     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v05n03_03     Document Type: Article

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