Factors linked to outcomes in sexually abused girls: a regression tree analysis

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 443-455

  Hébert, Martine ^a   Collin Vézina, Delphine ^a   Daigneault, Isabelle ^a   Parent, Nathalie ^b   Tremblay, Caroline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750156241     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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