title: Introduction to the special section on adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
abstract: Sexual abuse researchers need to use more complex models of abuse and more sophisticated research designs for studying long-term effects and for evaluating treatment programs. The articles that comprise this special section integrate the study of sexual abuse with perspectives on adult victimization, developmental psychopathology, and attachment theory and also offer specific methodological suggestions for improving research on long-term effects and therapy with the abuse survivor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park 20740.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Alexander
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D011613:Psychotherapy