Moving Beyond Dwelling in Suffering: A Situation-Specific Theory of Men’s Healing from Childhood Maltreatment

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-63

  Willis, Danny G ^a   DeSanto Madeya, Susan ^a   Fawcett, Jacqueline ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood maltreatment; healing; Situation specific theory

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMANISM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSING THEORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84919340153     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: 15527409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318414558606     Document Type: Article

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