TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender and the associated impairments of childhood sexual abuse
T2 - A national study of Icelandic youth
AU - Gault-Sherman, Martha
AU - Silver, Eric
AU - Sigfúsdóttir, Inga Dóra
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The current study used a national probability sample of 8618 Icelandic youth between the ages of 16 and 20 to examine the impairments associated with childhood sexual abuse for male and female victims. The dimensions of impairment were: general anxiety, eating anxiety, depressed mood, theft, and violent behavior. Overall, our results suggest that gender differences in impairment may depend on the particular outcome measured: (1) females were approximately three times more likely than males to experience childhood sexual abuse; (2) the association between childhood sexual abuse and subsequent depressed mood and general anxiety varied significantly by gender, with females more likely to experience these impairments; and (3) the associations between childhood sexual abuse and subsequent eating anxiety, theft, and violent behavior did not vary by gender.
AB - The current study used a national probability sample of 8618 Icelandic youth between the ages of 16 and 20 to examine the impairments associated with childhood sexual abuse for male and female victims. The dimensions of impairment were: general anxiety, eating anxiety, depressed mood, theft, and violent behavior. Overall, our results suggest that gender differences in impairment may depend on the particular outcome measured: (1) females were approximately three times more likely than males to experience childhood sexual abuse; (2) the association between childhood sexual abuse and subsequent depressed mood and general anxiety varied significantly by gender, with females more likely to experience these impairments; and (3) the associations between childhood sexual abuse and subsequent eating anxiety, theft, and violent behavior did not vary by gender.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.037
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.037
M3 - Article
C2 - 19765873
AN - SCOPUS:71149094277
VL - 69
SP - 1515
EP - 1522
JO - Ethics in Science and Medicine
JF - Ethics in Science and Medicine
SN - 0277-9536
IS - 10
ER -