The relationship of childhood sexual abuse to the marital attitudes and readiness for marriage of single young adult women

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-430

  Larson, Jeffry H ^a   Lamont, Craig ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Telos Residential Treatment Center

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Marital attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744385324     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X04270474     Document Type: Article

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