Patterns of disclosure in child sexual abuse

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 270-285

  Collings, Steven J ^a   Griffiths, Sacha ^a   Kumalo, Mandisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abuse; Agency; Barriers to disclosure; Child abuse; Child sexual abuse (CSA); Disclosure; Patterns of disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847751929     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630503500207     Document Type: Article

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