Child maltreatment severity and adult trauma symptoms: Does perceived social support play a buffering role?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 934-943

  Evans, Sarah E ^a   Steel, Anne L ^a   DiLillo, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Childhood sexual abuse; Long term effects; Psychological functioning; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; NEGLECT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887621218     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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