Ethnicity and child sexual abuse experiences of female college students

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 67-89

  Ullman, Sarah E ^a   Filipas, Henrietta H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions of blame; Child sexual abuse; Disclosure; Ethnicity; Female college students; Social reactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OFFENDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; VICTIM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 27744515757     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v14n03_04     Document Type: Article

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