Language impairment and sexual assault of girls and women: Findings from a community sample

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 618-626

  Brownlie, E B ^a,b   Jabbar, Amina ^a   Beitchman, Joseph ^a   Vida, Ron ^a   Atkinson, Leslie ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Division of Geriatric Psychiatry   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Girls; Language impairment; Longitudinal; Outcomes; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH DISORDER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SPEECH DISORDERS; STATISTICS;

EID: 34547491804     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9117-4     Document Type: Article

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