Desire to dissociate: Implications for problematic drinking in college students with childhood or adolescent sexual abuse exposure

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-256

  Klanecky, Alicia ^a   McChargue, Dennis E ^a   Bruggeman, Lindsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX OFFENSES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859830112     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2012.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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