Emotion Dysregulation in Sexually Abused Preschoolers: Insights from a Story Completion Task.
Child sexual abuse (CSA) during the preschool period can seriously undermine children's ability to develop emotional competency. Narrative tasks, such as the MacArthur Story Stem Battery (MSSB), are particularly adapted to gain a better understanding of young children's self-regulation processes. To...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 468 - 490 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May-Jun2020
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