Mother reports of maternal support following child sexual abuse: Preliminary psychometric data on the Maternal Self-report Support Questionnaire (MSSQ)

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 784-792

  Smith, Daniel W ^a   Sawyer, Genelle K ^a   Jones, Lisa M ^b   Cross, Theodore ^b,d   McCart, Michael R ^a   Ralston, M Elizabeth ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Lowcountry Children's Center   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child sexual abuse; Maternal support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL SELF REPORT SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957780907     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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