Childhood sexual abuse predicts women's unwanted sexual interactions and sexual satisfaction in adult romantic relationships

Child Sexual Abuse: Issues and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 67-86

  Katz, Jennifer ^a   Tirone, Vanessa ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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