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July 02, 2005
Pathways to PTSD, Part II: Sexually Abused Children
Julie B. Kaplow, Kenneth A. Dodge, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, and Glenn N. Saxe
American Journal of Psychiatry 162(7), 2005
The goal of this research was to develop and test a prospective model of
posttraumatic stress symptoms in sexually abused children that includes
pretrauma, trauma, and disclosure-related pathways.[...] Symptoms measured
at the time of disclosure constitute direct, independent pathways by which
sexually abused children are likely to develop later PTSD symptoms. These
findings speak to the importance of assessing children during the disclosure
of abuse in order to identify those at greatest risk for later PTSD
symptoms.
Posted by Emma at July 2, 2005 10:10 PM
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