Shame and adult sexual assault: A study with a group of female survivors recruited from an East London population

Sexual and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-171

  Vidal, Maria Elena ^a   Petrak, Jenny ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female; Gender issues; Sexual trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL CRIME; SHAME; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34247589635     PISSN: 14681994     EISSN: 14681749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681990600784143     Document Type: Article

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