Child sexual abuse and adult romantic adjustment: Comparison of single- and multiple-indicator measures

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 693-705

  Godbout, Natacha ^a   Sabourin, Stéphane ^a   Lussier, Yvan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child sexual abuse; Evaluation; Marital distress; Psychological distress; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPOUSE; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62249103049     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508317179     Document Type: Article

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