Attachment style as a mediator between childhood maltreatment and the experience of betrayal trauma as an adult

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-101

  Hocking, Elise C ^a   Simons, Raluca M ^a   Surette, Renata J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Betrayal trauma; Child maltreatment; Revictimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF BETRAYAL TRAUMA SURVEY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE AND TRAUMA SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPERIENCES IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS REVISED; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST; ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; CRIME VICTIM; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANXIETY; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959519312     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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