Mediators of the Link between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Emotional Distress: A Critical Review

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-39

  Whiffen, Valerie E ^a   Macintosh, Heather B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

childhood sexual abuse; depression; emotional distress; maltreatment; mediators; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SURVIVOR; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 21644449201     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838004272543     Document Type: Article

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