Mediators of the relation between childhood sexual abuse and women's sexual risk behavior: A comparison of two theoretical frameworks

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1363-1377

  Senn, Theresa E ^a   Carey, Michael P ^a,b,c   Coury Doniger, Patricia ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Information motivation behavioral skills model; Mediation; Sexual risk behavior; Traumagenic dynamics model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84876467688     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9897-z     Document Type: Article

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