Coping Strategies in Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse from Two Canadian and Two New Zealand Cultural Groups

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 435-447

  Barker Collo, Suzanne ^a   Read, John ^a   Cowie, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

childhood sexual abuse; coping; cross cultural comparison; cultural; nationality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING RESPONSES INVENTORY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN CANADIAN; EUROPEAN NEW ZEALANDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI NEW ZEALANDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIVE CANADIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW ZEALAND; ONTARIO; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862296267     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2011.652343     Document Type: Article

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