Filial dependency and recantation of child sexual abuse allegations

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-170

  Malloy, Lindsay C ^a   Lyon, Thomas D ^b   Quas, Jodi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Disclosure; Recantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DENIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECEPTION; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REPRESSION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33846445624     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000246067.77953.f7     Document Type: Article

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