Long-Term Effects of Incestuous Child Abuse in College Women Social Adjustment, Social Cognition, and Family Characteristics

This study investigated family and social cognitive characteristics as possible mediators of social adjustment. Subjects were 85 college women, including 29 with a history of sexual abuse by a family member and 56 control subjects with no history of abuse. Results indicated decreased cohesion and ad...

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Published in:	Journal of consulting and clinical psychology Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 5 - 8
Main Authors:	Harter, Stephanie, Alexander, Pamela C, Neimeyer, Robert A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC American Psychological Association 01-02-1988
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Child Abuse Child abuse & neglect Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology Early Experience Families & family life Family Family Relations Female Human Human Females Humans Incest Medical sciences Middle Aged Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Sex crimes Social Adjustment Social Isolation Social Perception Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Social research Social Skills Sociocultural environment Victimization Women Human Sexual violence Incest Family environment Social adaptation Child abuse syndrome Victimology Child Social cognition
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