Disclosing unwanted sexual experiences: Results from a national sample of adolescent women

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-165

  Kogan, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent women; Disclosure; Unwanted sexual experience

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; RECIPIENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUPPORT GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCLOSURE; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542299035     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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