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MacMillan, Harriet L.; Tanaka, Masako; Duku, Eric; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Boyle, Michael H. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2013
Objectives: Exposure to child maltreatment is associated with physical, emotional, and social impairment, yet in Canada there is a paucity of community-based information about the extent of this problem and its determinants. We examined the prevalence of child physical and sexual abuse and the associations of child abuse with early contextual,…
Descriptors: Identification, Child Abuse, Risk, Foreign Countries
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Cleverley, Kristin; Boyle, Michael H. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Adverse developmental effects associated with traumatic life experiences such as child sexual abuse will not apply to all individuals exposed. This general population study, compared the health and life circumstances of 45 respondents who spontaneously identified the experience of sexual abuse before age 22 as changing their life for the…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Emotional Disturbances, Health