National samples, sexual abuse in childhood, and adjustment in adulthood: A commentary on Najman, Dunne, Purdie, Boyle, and Coxeter (2005)

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-106

  Rind, Bruce ^a   Tromovitch, Philip ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult sexual functioning; Causal inference; Child sexual abuse; Effect size; National samples

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADJUSTMENT; ADULTHOOD; AUSTRALIA; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SEXUALITY; STUDY;

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

EID: 33846850608     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9058-y     Document Type: Review

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