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Childhood sexual abuse: a gender perspective on context and consequences
- Authors:
- BANYAR Victoria L., WILLIAMS Linda M., SIEGEL Jane A.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Maltreatment, 9(3), August 2004, pp.223-238.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Literature on gender and child sexual abuse (CSA) has highlighted patterns of similarity and difference among survivors and the need for further research. This study relied on gender analysis of 128 women and 69 men, obtained through an examination of childhood hospital records, to further examine gender differences in mental health outcomes among abuse survivors and correlates of mental health outcomes including professional help seeking, family environment, and other trauma exposure. Overall, men and women were similar in the context and consequences of CSA. The role of the characteristics of CSA and contextual variables in explaining variance in mental health for 106 male victims and nonvictims was also examined. Among male participants, number of incidents of sexual abuse, injury at the hands of a caregiver, and exposure to other traumas significantly explained higher levels of an array of mental health symptoms. Implications for future research are discussed.
Retraumatization among adult women sexually abused in childhood: exploratory analyses in a prospective study
- Authors:
- BANYARD Victoria L., WILLIAMS Linda M., SIEGEL Jane A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 11(3), 2002, pp.19-48.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The current exploratory study examined a variety of risk factors related to re-traumatization, defined broadly, in a prospective sample of women who were sexually abused in childhood. Eighty women, who were part of a larger longitudinal study of the effects of child sexual abuse, were interviewed at three points in time: in childhood and at two points in early adulthood. Risk factors were measured at the second interview and used to predict reported trauma exposure between interviews two and three. Given theoretical arguments for differences in risk factors based on ecological context, analyses were conducted separately for married and unmarried women. Situational and intrapersonal risk factors such as homelessness and depression were predictive of re-traumatization risk while reported social support satisfaction was a protective factor. Reports of trauma exposure between interviews two and three were related to mental health symptoms. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)