Group therapy for women sexually abused as children: Social interaction, adjustment, and relationships before and after group therapy

Psychoanalytic Social Work

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-175

  Lundqvist, Gunilla ^a   Hansson, Kjell ^b   Svedin, Carl Göran ^c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Child sexual abuse; Group therapy; Relationships; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950784101     PISSN: 15228878     EISSN: 15229033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228870903200335     Document Type: Article

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