Relationship to perpetrator, disclosure, social reactions, and PTSD symptoms in child sexual abuse survivors

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-36

  Ullman, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; College students; Disclosure; PTSD; Relationship to perpetrator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURVIVOR; VICTIM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847362350     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v16n01_02     Document Type: Article

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