Sexual self-schemas of female child sexual abuse survivors: Relationships with risky sexual behavior and sexual assault in adolescence

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1359-1374

  Niehaus, Ashley F ^a   Jackson, Joan ^b   Davies, Stephanie ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual assault; Child sexual abuse; Sexual risk; Sexual self schema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBIDO; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651100631     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9600-9     Document Type: Article

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