Ethnic differences in symptom presentation of sexually abused girls

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 79-98

  Clear, Paul J ^a   Vincent, John P ^a   Harris, Gerald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Ethnicity; Symptom presentation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33746871101     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v15n03_05     Document Type: Article

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