Are males and females sexually abused as children socially anxious adults?

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-366

  Rojas, Ariz ^a   Kinder, Bill N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Females; Males; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449673283     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538710903051112     Document Type: Article

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