title: Abuse and victimization: a life-span developmental perspective.
abstract: A conceptualization of coping and adaptation following victimization is presented from a life-span developmental perspective. Recovery is characterized as an evolving process of interaction among three dimensions: social cognition, environmental sensitivity, and emotional-behavioral functioning. The model is illustrated through an individual case study and through an approach to research on outcomes of sexual victimization.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, Boston.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Newberger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Vos
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D012931:Social Environment