Childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual dysfunction: Response to commentary by Rind and Tromovitch (2007)

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-109

  Najman, Jake M ^a   Dunne, Michael P ^b   Boyle, Frances M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult sexual functioning; Causal inference; Child sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; VALIDITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 33846810191     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9073-z     Document Type: Review

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