"I Keep That Hush-Hush": Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and the Challenges of Disclosure

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-345

  Sorsoli, Lynn ^a   Kia Keating, Maryam ^b   Grossman, Frances K ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disclosure; male survivors; narrative analysis; sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749102867     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.55.3.333     Document Type: Article

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