Prevalence, characteristics, and associations of sexual abuse with sociodemographics and consensual sex in a population-based sample of Swedish adolescents

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-39

  Priebe, Gisela ^a   Svedin, Carl Goran ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abuse characteristics; Adolescence; Prevalence; Sexual abuse; Sociodemographic data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 61649083299     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538710802584635     Document Type: Article

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