Child sexual abuse and family outcomes

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the association between different characteristics of sexual abuse and adverse family outcomes in later life. Through archived court files, a large sample of Dutch men and women who have been sexually abused as a child could be identified. Outcome variables were assessed 33 years after the abuse, when the victims were 44 years of age on average. Being abused by a nuclear family member was associated with teen pregnancies, young marriage, and divorce. Younger ages at time of abuse were related to decreased marriage rates. Penetration, violence, and repeated victimization were not related to adverse outcomes. We found that these effects were not the same for males and females. Furthermore, compared to the average Dutch population, CSA victims experienced more divorce, and female CSA victims were more often childless, had more children, and more often were teenage parents.

Abuso sexual infantil en México: conductas de riesgo e indicadores de salud mental en adolescentes

“…Aunque es difícil establecer una hipótesis directa, se ha encontrado una asociación entre ASI intrafamiliar y tener relaciones sexuales a edades tempranas con una pareja, embarazo adolescente y matrimonio temprano. 54,55 Esto podría estar relacionado con comportamientos de riesgo asociados a los efectos postraumáticos del abuso o a que, el unirse con alguien es una salida para escapar del abuso intrafamiliar.…”

Introduction to the special edition ‘Child sexual abuse: analysis and intervention’

“…In their research article, De Jong and Bijleveld (2015) argue that a major limitation of this literature is that few studies examine systematically the mediating role that may be played by characteristics of the abuse. In their article, they investigate the association between sexual victimisation in childhood and three family outcomes: teen parenthood; marriage; and divorce.…”