Clinical correlates and repetition of self-harming behaviors among female adolescent victims of sexual abuse

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 49-68

  Cyr, Mireille ^a,b   McDuff, Pierre ^b   Wright, John ^a,b   Thériault, Chantal ^b   Cinq Mars, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b PRIMASE ^*

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Clinical symptoms; Self harming behavior; Self mutilating; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF MUTILATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21744449779     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v14n02_03     Document Type: Article

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