Childhood sexual abuse severity reconsidered: A factor structure of CSA characteristics

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-395

  Young, T Lorraine ^a   Riggs, Matt ^b   Robinson, Jill L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood sexual abuse; childhood sexual abuse characteristics; childhood sexual abuse severity; composite variables; factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 80051488915     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2011.590124     Document Type: Article

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