Childhood sexual abuse among black women and white women from two-parent families

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Amodeo, Maryann ^a   Griffin, Margaret L ^a,b   Fassler, Irene R ^a   Clay, Cassandra M ^a   Ellis, Michael A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Family structure; Perpetrators in the household; Prevalence; Racial differences; Sibling reports; Two parent families; White

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; REVIEW; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCEST; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745605774     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559506289186     Document Type: Review

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