Gender and the associated impairments of childhood sexual abuse: A national study of Icelandic youth

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1515-1522

  Gault Sherman, Martha ^a   Silver, Eric ^b   Sigfúsdóttir, Inga Dóra ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Children; Delinquency; Gender; Iceland; Mental health; Sexual abuse; Youth

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CRIME; DISABILITY; GENDER; MENTAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; ICELAND; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; THEFT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THEFT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 71149094277     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.037     Document Type: Article

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