Explaining links between sexual abuse and psychological distress: identifying mediating processes

A large body of research has documented both the prevalence of sexual abuse in childhood and its consequences. More recently, researchers have begun trying to explain the often pervasive impact of traumas across the lifespan.

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Published inChild abuse & neglect Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 869 - 875
Main Author Banyard, Victoria L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2003
New York, NY Elsevier Science
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Belgium
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Empirical Research
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental health
Methodology. Experimentation
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex crimes
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Techniques and methods
Time
Belgium
Human
Methodology
Survivor
Cognition
Review
Victimology
Long term
Scientific research
Early traumatism
Sexual abuse
Coping
Cognitive style
Antecedent
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Summary:A large body of research has documented both the prevalence of sexual abuse in childhood and its consequences. More recently, researchers have begun trying to explain the often pervasive impact of traumas across the lifespan.
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ISSN:0145-2134
1873-7757
DOI:10.1016/S0145-2134(03)00144-3