Predictors of problematic sexual behavior among children with complex maltreatment histories

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-198

  Tarren Sweeney, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment checklist for children; Attachment disorder behavior; Child sexual abuse; Foster care; Maltreatment; Sexual behavior problems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 41849124568     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508316043     Document Type: Article

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