Efficacy of a group therapy for sexually abused adolescent girls

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 71-93

  Tourigny, Marc ^a,b   Hébert, Martine ^b,c   Daigneault, Isabelle ^c   Simoneau, Ann Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CRIPCAS ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coping; Efficacy; Female; Group therapy; Post traumatic stress disorder; Sexual abuse; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31944451407     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v14n04_04     Document Type: Article

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