Beyond sexual abuse: The impact of other maltreatment experiences on sexualized behaviors

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-132

  Merrick, Melissa T ^a,c   Litrownik, Alan J ^a   Everson, Mark D ^b   Cox, Christine E ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child sexual behavior inventory; Child sexual behaviors; Logistic regression; Sexualized behaviors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 41849135807     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559507306715     Document Type: Article

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