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Correlates of sexual abuse in a sample of adolescent girls admitted to psychiatric inpatient care
- Authors:
- KANAMULLER Juha, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 23(7), 2014, pp.804-823.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The authors examined correlations of child sexual abuse among 300 adolescent girls in psychiatric inpatient treatment. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.)-based psychiatric diagnoses were obtained from the Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children—Present and Lifetime and from data on family and behavioural characteristics from the European Addiction Severity Index (EuropASI). A total of 79 girls (26.3%) had experienced child sexual abuse during their lifetime. Child sexual abuse was associated with an adolescent’s home environment, sibling status, smoking, posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis, self-mutilating behaviour, and suicidal behaviour. At least 62% of the perpetrators were acquaintances of the victims. Correlates of child sexual abuse can be used to identify child sexual abuse victims and persons at heightened risk for child sexual abuse. (Edited publisher abstract)