Stifled voices: Barriers to help-seeking behavior for south african childhood sexual assault survivors

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-274

  Smith, Kimberly ^a   Bryant Davis, Thema ^a   Tillman, Shaquita ^a   Marks, Alison ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Childhood; Culture; Help seeking; Rape; Risk factors; Sexual assault; South African

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RAPE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOTHERAPY; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77952902166     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538711003781269     Document Type: Article

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