Parenting Characteristics of Women Reporting a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-333

  DiLillo, David ^a   Damashek, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Parenting; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD REARING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SURVIVORS;

EID: 1542598905     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559503257104     Document Type: Review

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