Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: Gender similarities and differences

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 278-286

  Sigurdardottir, Sigrun ^a   Halldorsdottir, Sigridur ^a   Bender, Soley S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; comparative analysis; hermeneutics; interviews; men's health; phenomenology; qualitative; suffering; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HERMENEUTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ICELAND; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUFFERING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; HERMENEUTICS; INTERVIEWS; MEN'S HEALTH; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE; SUFFERING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ICELAND; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899443708     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813514645     Document Type: Article

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