Childhood sexual abuse severity and disclosure predict posttraumatic stress symptoms and biomarkers in ethnic minority women

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-173

  Glover, Dorie A ^a   Loeb, Tamra Burns ^a   Carmona, Jennifer Vargas ^a   Sciolla, Andres ^b   Zhang, Muyu ^a   Myers, Hector F ^c   Wyatt, Gail E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Child sexual abuse; Ethnic minority women; Posttraumatic stress; Trauma severity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOPAMINE URINE LEVEL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHAME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 77951176366     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299730903502920     Document Type: Article

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