Male child sexual abuse: A phenomenology of betrayal

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-275

  Alaggia, Ramona ^a   Millington, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Male sexual victimizaton; Male survivors; Narratives; Phenomenology; Qualitative research; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749153855     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-007-0144-y     Document Type: Article

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