Factors linked to distress in mothers of children disclosing sexual abuse

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 805-811

  Hébert, Martine ^a,b   Daigneault, Isabelle ^a   Collin Vézina, Delphine ^a   Cyr, Mireille ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mothers; Psychological distress; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTHER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INCEST; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCEST; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38449116572     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181568149     Document Type: Article

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