The role of disclosing child sexual abuse on adolescent adjustment and revictimization

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 25-47

  Kogan, Steven M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Center for Family Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Adolescence; Child sexual abuse; Disclosure; Revictimization; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21744446241     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v14n02_02     Document Type: Article

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