Posttraumatic Growth Among Men With Histories of Child Sexual Abuse

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 211-220

  Easton, Scott D ^a   Coohey, Carol ^b   Rhodes, Alison M ^a   Moorthy, M V ^a,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

child sexual abuse; disclosure; male survivors; masculinity; posttraumatic growth; social support; turning points

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLERGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MALE SURVIVORS; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TIME; TURNING POINTS; VERY ELDERLY;

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DISCLOSURE; MALE SURVIVORS; MASCULINITY; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURNING POINTS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CLERGY; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84886528100     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559513503037     Document Type: Article

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