Family characteristics and traumatic consequences associated with the duration and frequency of sexual assault

Asian Social Work and Policy Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-50

  Fahrudin, Adi ^a   Edward, Durin ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Child victim; Family characteristic; Sexual assault; Social work interventions; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149083726     PISSN: 17531403     EISSN: 17531411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-1411.2008.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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