Minimization of childhood maltreatment is common and consequential: Results from a large, multinational sample using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

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Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  MacDonald, Kai ^a   Thomas, Michael L ^a   Sciolla, Andres F ^b   Schneider, Beacher ^a   Pappas, Katherine ^a   Bleijenberg, Gijs ^c   Bohus, Martin ^d   Bekh, Bradley ^e,f   Carpenter, Linda ^g   Carr, Alan ^h   Dannlowski, Udo ⁱ   Dorahy, Martin ^j   Fahlke, Claudia ^k   Finzi Dottan, Ricky ^l   Karu, Tobi ^l   Gerdner, Arne ^m   Glaesmer, Heide ⁿ   Grabe, Hans Jörgen ^o,p   Heins, Marianne ^c   Kenny, Dianna T ^q   Kim, Daeho ^r   Knoop, Hans ^c   Lobbestael, Jill ^s   Lochner, Christine ^t   Lauritzen, Grethe ^u   Ravndal, Edle ^u   Riggs, Shelley ^v   Sar, Vedat ^w   Schäfer, Ingo ^x   Schlosser, Nicole ^y   Schwandt, Melanie L ^z   Stein, Murray B ^a   Subic Wrana, Claudia ^aa   Vogel, Mark ^ab   Wingenfeld, Katja ^ac   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^l BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^m JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^o Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^r Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^s MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^t STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^u UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^v UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^w KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^x UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^y EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^z NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^aa JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^ac CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PATIENT; PREVALENCE; SCIENTIST; VALIDITY; VOLUNTEER; CHILD ABUSE; DENIAL; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84958214032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146058     Document Type: Article

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