Intergenerational transmission of sexual victimization vulnerability as mediated via parenting

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 363-371

  Testa, Maria ^a   Hoffman, Joseph H ^a   Livingston, Jennifer A ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Parent child relations; Parental monitoring; Parenting; Sexual abuse; Transgenerational patterns; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956315787     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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