Against the odds: The impact of woman abuse on maternal response to disclosure of child sexual abuse

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 95-113

  Alaggia, Ramona ^a,c   Turton, Jennifer V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Disclosure; Grounded theory method; Woman abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SURVIVAL; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 31944433438     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v14n04_05     Document Type: Article

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