Child Trauma and HIV Risk Behaviour in Women: A Multivariate Mediational Model

by Laura E. Whitmire, Kathryn Quina, Lisa L. Harlow

Utilizing longitudinal research, the authors have identified the mediational nature of the process of how traumatic events in childhood lead to increased HIV risk as adults. The book approaches the outcomes of childhood maltreatment systematically; demonstrates for the first time the need to examine the mediators of abuse, the indirect paths from childhood experiences to adult behaviors; offers useful measures of HIV risk based on risky behaviors;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876309473
• ISBN13: 9780876309476
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"