Child sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance use: Predictors of revictimization in adult sexual assault survivors

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-385

  Ullman, Sarah E ^a   Najdowski, Cynthia J ^a   Filipas, Henrietta H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; PTSD; Rape; Sexual revictimization; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BATTERED WOMEN; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449678933     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538710903035263     Document Type: Article

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