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Psychological Defense Styles in Women Who Report Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Controlled Community Study

OBJECTIVE: The psychological defense styles of women who reported childhood sexual abuse were assessed and compared to those of women without childhood sexual abuse. METHOD: Subjects in a random community sample (N=354) of New Zealand women were interviewed and completed two relevant questionnaires,...

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Published in:The American journal of psychiatry 1999-07, Vol.156 (7), p.1080-1085
Main Authors: Romans, Sarah E., Martin, Judy L., Morris, Eleanor, Herbison, G. Peter
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Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse, Sexual - classification
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Childhood sexual abuse
Defence mechanisms
Defense Mechanisms
Dissociative Disorders - diagnosis
Dissociative Disorders - epidemiology
Dissociative Disorders - psychology
Emotional abuse
Factors
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Middle Aged
New Zealand - epidemiology
Personality Inventory
Projection
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sampling Studies
Self Concept
Selfreport
Severity of Illness Index
Sex crimes
Sex Factors
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Victimology
Women
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