Testing complex hypotheses using secondary data analysis: Is the association between sexual abuse and psychosis moderated by gender in a large prison sample?

Journal of Criminal Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 92-98

  Shevlin, Mark ^a   Murphy, Jamie ^a   Read, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Logistic regression; Moderation; Prison data; Psychosis; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931293705     PISSN: 20093829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JCP-02-2015-0009     Document Type: Article

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