Resiliency factors in the relation between childhood sexual abuse and adulthood sexual assault in college-age women

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Walsh, Kate ^a   Blaustein, Margaret ^b   Knight, Wanda Grant ^c   Spinazzola, Joseph ^b   Van Der Kolk, Bessel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Coerced sexual assault; Coping styles; Forced sexual assault; Locus of control; Resiliency; Revictimization; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL CRIME;

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

EID: 33847384646     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v16n01_01     Document Type: Article

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