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Multiple sexual victimizations among adolescent boys and girls: prevalence and associations with eating behaviours and psychological health
- Authors:
- ACKARD Diann, NEUMARK-SZTAINER Dianne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 12(1), 2003, pp.17-37.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The American study assess the prevalence of sexual abuse, including multiple victimizations, among adolescents and to examine associations among history of sexual abuse, disordered eating behaviors and psychological health. The sample included 81,247 students (40,946 girls and 40,301 boys) in 9th and 12th grade in Minnesota public schools. Sexual abuse was reported by 14.7 percent of girls and 6.2 percent of boys. Sexual abuse was associated with unhealthy eating behaviors, suicidal thoughts and attempts, and lower emotional well-being and self-esteem. Students who reported a single or multiple forms of sexual abuse were more likely than their non-abused peers to binge-eat, fast, use diet pills or laxatives, vomit , and have suicidal thoughts/attempts. Boys and girls reporting multiple sexual victimizations and had the highest odds ratios for disordered eating behaviors. Makes suggestions for future research. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).