Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Sexually Abused Children: Secure Attachment as a Protective Factor

The aim of the present study was to examine the hypothesis that attachment and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) interacted such that school aged CSA survivors with insecure attachment to parents would be at an elevated risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma symptoms. Partici...

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Main Authors: Karin Ensink, Peter Fonagy, Lina Normandin, Abby Rozenberg, Christina Marquez, Natacha Godbout, Jessica L. Borelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646680/full

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