Understanding and treating feelings of shame in children who have experienced maltreatment

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 364-376

  Deblinger, Esther ^a,b   Runyon, Melissa K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b New Jersey Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute   (United States)

^c National Child Traumatic Stress Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Child physical abuse; Child sexual abuse; Dysfunctional attributions; Shame; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SHAME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PARENTING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SHAME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744581682     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559505279306     Document Type: Article

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