Associations among childhood sexual abuse, language use, and adult sexual functioning and satisfaction

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-199

  Lorenz, Tierney Ahrold ^a   Meston, Cindy May ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survivors; Childhood sexual abuse; LIWC; Sexual functioning; Sexual satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTIC INQUIRY WORD COUNT; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SURVIVOR; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858440369     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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