Self-Injurious Behaviors, PTSD Arousal, and General Health Complaints Within a Treatment-Seeking Sample of Sexually Abused Women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 558-575

  Weaver, Terri L ^a   Chard, Kathleen M ^b   Mechanic, Mindy B ^c   Etzel, Julie C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; PTSD arousal; Self injurious behaviors; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2142702202     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504262965     Document Type: Article

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