Self-esteem and cognitive distortion among women involved in prostitution in Malaysia

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 1939-1944

  Nasir, Rohany ^a   Zamani, Zainah Ahmad ^a   Ismail, Rokiah ^a   Yusooff, Fatimah ^a   Khairuddin, Rozainee ^a   Mohamad, Lukman Zawawi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cognitive distortion; Prostitutes; Self Esteem; Women involved in prostitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549279493     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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