Expectancies for sexually abused children: Evidence of perceiver bias

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 487-503

  Saathoff Wells, Tara ^a   Culp, Rex E ^b   Yancey, Candace T ^c  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Childhood sexual abuse; Perceiver bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444475794     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-005-7184-0     Document Type: Article

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