Experiential avoidance as a mediator of the effects of adolescent sexual victimization on negative adult outcomes

Violence and Victims

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-120

  Polusny, Melissa A ^a,c   Rosenthal, M Zachary ^b   Aban, Inmaculada ^b   Follette, Victoria M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VICTIM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 2442695147     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.19.1.109.33238     Document Type: Article

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