The relationship between childhood sexual abuse and sexual dysfunction in jamaican adults

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-266

  Swaby, Antoneal N ^a   Morgan, Kai A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Jamaica; Sexual abuse trauma; Sexual dysfunction; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; JAMAICA; LIBIDO; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGASM; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIALIZATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAMAICA; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449638879     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538710902902679     Document Type: Article

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