Resilience and risk factors associated with experiencing childhood sexual abuse

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 338-352

  Wilcox, Daniel T ^a   Richards, Fiona ^b   O'Keeffe, Zerine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NSPCC Children s Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Resilience; Risk; Survivor

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044452900     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.862     Document Type: Article

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