Childhood abuse and mental health indicators among ethnically diverse lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-468

  Balsam, Kimberly F ^a   Lehavot, Keren ^a   Beadnell, Blair ^a   Circo, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; gay; lesbian; race; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BISEXUALITY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955500901     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018661     Document Type: Article

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