Prevalence and correlates of sleep paralysis in adults reporting childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1535-1541

  Abrams, Murray P ^a   Mulligan, Ashlee D ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hallucinations; Post traumatic stress; Sexual abuse; Sleep paralysis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASOMNIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CONTROL GROUPS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP PARALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 53149138217     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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