Psychological defense styles, childhood adversities and psychopathology in adulthood

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-170

  Nickel, R ^a   Egle, U T ^b  

^a Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy ^*  (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defense style; Physical maltreatment; Psychological distress; Sexual abuse; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMPLE; SCREENING; SOMATIZATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 32344452279     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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