South asian immigrant women who have survived child sexual abuse: Resilience and healing

Violence Against Women

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 444-458

  Singh, Anneliese A ^a   Hays, Danica G ^b   Chung, Y Barry ^c   Watson, Laurel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Resilience; South Asian women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949324672     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801210363976     Document Type: Article

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