Child maltreatment, subsequent non-suicidal self-injury and the mediating roles of dissociation, alexithymia and self-blame

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 572-584

  Swannell, Sarah ^a   Martin, Graham ^a   Page, Andrew ^a   Hasking, Penelope ^b   Hazell, Philip ^c   Taylor, Anne ^d   Protani, Melinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abuse; Alexithymia; Attributional style; Child maltreatment; Dissociation; Neglect; Non suicidal self injury (NSSI); Self blame

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD MALTREATMENT; CHILD NEGLECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSUICIDAL SELF INJURY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF BLAME; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865188549     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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