Abstract
Objective: This 15-year prospective, longitudinal study examines adolescent and young-adult female self-reports of traumatic sexual and physical experiences occurring subsequent to substantiated childhood sexual abuse-revictimizations (N = 89). Method: These incidences were contrasted to sexual and physical victimizations reported by a group of non-abused comparison females (N = 90). Results: Abused females were almost twice as likely to have experienced sexual revictimization (odds = 1.99 ± 2.79, p < .05), and physical revictimization (odds = 1.96 ± 2.58, p < .05) as compared to victimization rates reported by comparison females. Abused females' revictimizations were also more likely to have been perpetrated by older, non-peers and characterized by physical injury than were victimizations reported by comparison females. Conclusion: Early childhood sexual abuse may provide information regarding the level of risk for recurrent sexual and physical victimization.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 412-420 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Child Abuse and Neglect |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health
