Closeness in relationships as a mediator between sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence and psychopathological outcome in adulthood

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-195

  Dimitrova, Nevena ^a   Pierrehumbert, Blaise ^b   Glatz, Nathalie ^b   Torrisi, Raffaella ^b   Heinrichs, Markus ^c   Halfon, Oliver ^b   Chouchena, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child Sexual Abuse; Psychological Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954629466     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.650     Document Type: Article

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