Sexual revictimization: The impact of attachment anxiety, accumulated trauma, and response to childhood sexual abuse disclosure

Violence and Victims

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-65

  Brenner, Inbal ^a   Ben Amitay, Galit ^b  

^a SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Revictimization; Sexual abuse; Sexual abuse disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANXIETY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; DISCLOSURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927760005     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-13-00098     Document Type: Article

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