Information Processing of Trauma.

Hartman, Carol R.; Burgess, Ann W.

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ERIC Number: EJ461192

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Information Processing of Trauma.

Hartman, Carol R.; Burgess, Ann W.

Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, v17 n1 p47-58 Jan-Feb 1993

This paper presents a neuropsychosocial model of information processing to explain a victimization experience, specifically child sexual abuse. It surveys the relation of sensation, perception, and cognition as a systematic way to provide a framework for studying human behavior and describing human response to traumatic events. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cognitive Processes, Information Processing, Models, Neurology, Psychological Characteristics, Psychology, Responses, Sexual Abuse, Sociology, Victims of Crime

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Clinical Recognition of Sexually Abused Children.