Childhood sexual abuse and its relationship with psychosocial outcomes among children affected by HIV in rural China

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-214

  Zhao, Qun ^a,b   Zhao, Junfeng ^a,b   Li, Xiaoming ^a,b   Zhao, Guoxiang ^a,b   Fang, Xiaoyi ^c   Lin, Xiuyun ^a,b   Lin, Danhua ^a,b   Stanton, Bonita ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Children; China; HIV; Psychosocial outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79954721345     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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