The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Lessons from a multigenerational, longitudinal research study

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 453-476

  Trickett, Penelope K ^a   Noll, Jennie G ^b   Putnam, Frank W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79956146897     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000174     Document Type: Article

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