The impact of childhood gender expression on childhood sexual abuse and psychopathology among young men who have sex with men

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-112

  Hidalgo, Marco A ^a,b   Kuhns, Lisa M ^a,b   Kwon, Soyang ^a,b   Mustanski, Brian ^b   Garofalo, Robert ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Gender expression; Psychopathology; PTSD; Young MSM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EARLY SEXUAL EXPERIENCE; GENDER EXPRESSION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER NONCONFORMITY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938197259     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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