Personality constellations in patients with a history of childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 769-780

  Bradley, Rebekah ^a,c   Heim, Amy ^b   Westen, Drew ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645282571     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20085     Document Type: Article

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