Impact of traumatic events on posttraumatic stress disorder among Danish survivors of sexual abuse in childhood

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 918-934

  Elklit, Ask ^a,b   Christiansen, Dorte M ^a   Palic, Sabina ^a   Karsberg, Sidsel ^a   Eriksen, Sara Bek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child sexual abuse; general distress; posttraumatic stress disorder; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919794104     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2014.964440     Document Type: Article

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