Testing a Multiple Mediator Model of the Effect of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Adolescent Sexual Victimization

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-54

  Bramsen, Rikke H ^a   Lasgaard, Mathias ^a   Koss, Mary P ^b   Shevlin, Mark ^c   Elklit, Ask ^a   Banner, Jytte ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Female adolescents; Peer to peer sexual abuse; Sexual abuse victims; Sexual boundaries; Sexual risk behavior; Traumatic sexualization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PEER TO PEER SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84872579969     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajop.12011     Document Type: Article

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