Correlates of behavioral outcomes in sexually abused children

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 287-299

  Hébert, Martine ^a   Tremblay, Caroline ^a   Parent, Nathalie ^b   Daignault, Isabelle V ^a   Piché, Christiane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Consequences; Coping; Family relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751016663     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-006-9026-2     Document Type: Article

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