Coping with child sexual abuse among college students and post-traumatic stress disorder: The role of continuity of abuse and relationship with the perpetrator

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 496-506

  Cantón Cortés, David ^a   Cantón, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Continuity of abuse; Coping; Post traumatic stress disorder; Relationship with the perpetrator

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOW I DEAL WITH THINGS SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF SYMPTOMS OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME VICTIM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953723689     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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