Assessing resilience in adults with histories of childhood sexual abuse.

Liem, Joan H.; James, Jacquelyn Boone; O’Toole, Gillian; Boudewyn, Ame C.

doi:10.1037/h0080257

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“…Liem et al (1997) also failed to find significant differences in abuse characteristics between resilient and non-resilient SA adults. Thus, in allocating resources for intervention, exclusive reliance on the categorization of the abusive event itself, such as intra-or extra-familial abuse or the severity of the acts (involving penetration or not) would not prove to benefit the children disclosing sexual abuse.…”

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Correlates of Behavioral Outcomes in Sexually Abused Children

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The present study attempted to identify individual and contextual factors associated with outcomes in a group of 63 latency-aged children disclosing sexual abuse (SA). Children reporting SA were found to display greater internalizing and externalizing behavioral difficulties as well as more sexualized behaviors relative to same-age non-abused peers. Mothers also reported these children as less socially competent than their peers. Family contextual factors appeared to be associated with behavioral difficulties and made a unique contribution to the prediction of externalizing and sexualized behaviors. Of the personal variables, avoidance coping was found to be linked to poorer outcomes. In examining possible factors linked to 'resilient' outcomes in a 6-month time-frame, family conflict and avoidance coping were found to be associated to clinical status in children reporting SA.Keywords Child sexual abuse . Consequences . Coping . Family relationshipsThe problem of child sexual abuse (SA) has received increased attention in the past few years. Although prevalence rates vary depending on the definitions and the methods used, community samples generally identify that between 12 and 35% of women and 4 and 9% of men report SA before M. Hébert ( ) · C. Tremblay · I. V. Daignault

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confidence: 89%

Correlates of Behavioral Outcomes in Sexually Abused Children

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“…Recent research investigating the coping strategies used by these arguably resilient survivors may provide important therapeutic insights (e.g. Himelein and McElrath, 1996;Liem et al, 1997;Spaccarelli and Kim, 1995;Valentine and Feinauer, 1993).…”

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The prevalence and nature of child sexual abuse: evidence from a female university sample in the UK

Oaksford

Frude

2001

Child Abuse Review

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It is well established that child sexual abuse is a considerable international problem, yet evidence regarding its prevalence in the United Kingdom is extremely sparse, with the most comprehensive study conducted over a decade ago. The aim of this study is to establish a current estimate of the prevalence and nature of child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom, using a sample of female university students. Of the 213 female undergraduate students who completed questionnaires, 28 were sexually abused, giving a prevalence rate of 13.14%. Information was also obtained regarding the nature of the abuse. These results show that a substantial proportion of female students in the United Kingdom, who appear to be coping with tertiary KEY WORDS: child sexual abuse; United Kingdom T he discovery in recent decades of the widespread prevalence of child sexual abuse (Finkelhor, 1999;Peters et al., 1986), including evidence regarding its occurrence within some children's homes, highlights the social importance of understanding the nature and scope of this problem. However, the variability of reported prevalence rates is an enduring problem and has been the focus of recent debate concerning outreach advertising campaigns in the media. For example, the Advertising Standards Association recently upheld a complaint about a poster suggesting that up to 50% of girls would be abused by the time they were 18 years Ł Correspondence to:

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“…Mullen et al (1993) and Lynskey and Fergusson (1997) did find severity of abuse was significantly related to the degree of adult psychopathology. Liem et al (1997) found that physical force was related to having histories of depression and poor self-esteem as adults.…”

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Statutory Compensation for Victims of Child Sexual Assault: Examining the Efficacy of a Discretionary System

Swanston

Parkinson

Shrimpton

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International Review of Victimology

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The purpose of this study was to ascertain the relationship between certain victim and offence characteristics and the award of statutory compensation for victims of child sexual abuse, in a system which conferred a complete discretion concerning awards of compensation up to certain monetary limits. METHODRecords of the Victims Compensation Tribunal in New South Wales, Australia were searched for applications for compensation by 183 sexually abused children who presented to Sydney hospitals in [1988][1989][1990]. The young people were followed up at 18 months, five years and nine years after study intake and psychological and behavioural outcomes were assessed. Applications were made by 38 children. Relationships between the size of the award and characteristics of the index sexual abuse were explored, as well as procedural and evidentiary aspects of the claims. The ability of the size of the award to predict short-and long-term behavioural and psychological outcomes was also examined. RESULTSNone of the characteristics of the sexual abuse, and none of the procedural and evidentiary aspects of the claims were related to the size of the award. The size of the award was not significantly related to any of the 18 month or nine year follow-up variables. Of the five year follow-up variables, the size of the award was inversely related to sadness and depression scores and anxiety. It is concluded that discretionary systems are not suitable in determining levels of compensation for child sexual abuse.

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Assessing resilience in adults with histories of childhood sexual abuse.

Cited by 63 publications

References 47 publications

Correlates of Behavioral Outcomes in Sexually Abused Children

Correlates of Behavioral Outcomes in Sexually Abused Children

The prevalence and nature of child sexual abuse: evidence from a female university sample in the UK

Statutory Compensation for Victims of Child Sexual Assault: Examining the Efficacy of a Discretionary System

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