Childhood sexual and physical abuse and adult vulnerability to PTSD: The mediating effects of attachment and dissociation

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-38

  Twaite, James A ^a,b   Rodriguez Srednicki, Ofelia ^a  

^a Neurodynamics Inc ^*  (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Child physical abuse; Child sexual abuse; Dissociation; Posttraumatic stress; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES SCALE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE REVISED; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444377868     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v13n01_02     Document Type: Article

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