Self-mutilation as expressed in self-figure drawings in adolescent sexual abuse survivors

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 120-129

  Jacobs Kayam, Angi ^a   Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a   Zohar, Gali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Draw A Person Test; Self harm; Self mutilation; Self figure drawing; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHOVER DRAW A PERSON TEST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TRAUMATIC EVENTS QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84873625421     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: 18735878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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