Can nonoffending mothers of sexually abused children be both ambivalent and supportive?

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-197

  Bolen, Rebecca M ^a   Lamb, J Leah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Dino Peds ^*

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Child sexual abuse; Maternal support; Parental support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34247362753     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507300132     Document Type: Article

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