Multi-type childhood abuse, strategies of coping, and psychological adaptations in young adults

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 406-416

  Sesar, Kristina ^a   Šimić, Nataša ^b   Barišić, Marijana ^c  

^a Health Center iroki Brijeg   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649411664     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.406     Document Type: Article

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