The potential benefits of remaining in school on the long-term mental health functioning of physically and sexually abused children: Beyond the academic domain

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-22

  Williams, Simon ^a,b   MacMillan, Harriet ^a   Jamieson, Ellen ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences McMaster Innovation Park   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement; Physical sexual abuse; Protective; School

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL ABUSE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745142841     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.1.18     Document Type: Review

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