The mediating role of objects in recollections of adult women survivors of child sexual abuse

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-484

  Reavey, Paula ^a   Brown, Steven D ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Mediation; Objects; Social remembering

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449969413     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X09344890     Document Type: Article

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