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Peer reviewedVaria, Rachna; And Others – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
This study examined perceptions of child abuse (psychological, physical, and sexual) and later adult psychological and social adjustment in a nonclinical sample of 173 individuals. Forty-seven subjects reported significant levels of abuse but failed to acknowledge themselves as abused. Abused individuals (both Acknowledgers and Minimizers) had…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Child Abuse, Emotional Abuse
