Thought control strategies as mediators of trauma symptoms in young women with histories of child sexual abuse

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 809-813

  Scarpa, Angela ^a   Wilson, Laura C ^a   Wells, Anthony O ^a   Patriquin, Michelle A ^a   Tanaka, Akiho ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Metacognitive model of PTSD; Sexual abuse; Thought control strategies; Trauma symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SURVIVORS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149161190     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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