Women's voices on recovery: A multi-method study of the complexity of recovery from child sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-290

  Banyard, Victoria L ^a   Williams, Linda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Recovery; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NARRATIVE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34247403498     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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