Comparative psychopathology of women who experienced intra-familial versus extra-familial sexual abuse

Gregory-Bills, Therese; Rhodeback, Melanie

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(94)00115-b

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“…This result does not confirm with recent studies, reporting no systematic differences in psychopathology between intra- and extra-familiar abuse victims (Gregory-Bills & Rhodeback, 1995; Lucenko et al 2000; Bal et al 2004). Victims of parental abuse might, therefore, share other characteristics influencing the long-term sequelae: they tend to have a younger age of onset and a longer duration of abuse (Gregory-Bills & Rhodeback, 1995) – which is confirmed by the high intercorrelations of these variables in our analysis. Future studies should include more victim, perpetrator, and family characteristics within one sample to investigate the link and mechanism of development between dissociation and parental abuse.…”

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Dissociation in victims of childhood abuse or neglect: a meta-analytic review

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Childhood abuse and neglect are associated with dissociative symptoms in adulthood. However, empirical studies show heterogeneous results depending on the type of childhood abuse or neglect and other maltreatment characteristics. In this meta-analysis, we systematically investigated the relationship between childhood interpersonal maltreatment and dissociation in 65 studies with 7352 abused or neglected individuals using the Dissociative Experience Scale (DES). We extracted DES-scores for abused and non-abused populations as well as information about type of abuse/neglect, age of onset, duration of abuse, and relationship to the perpetrator. Random-effects models were used for data synthesis, and meta-regression was used to predict DES-scores in abused populations from maltreatment characteristics. The results revealed higher dissociation in victims of childhood abuse and neglect compared with non-abused or neglected subsamples sharing relevant population features (MAbuse = 23.5, MNeglect = 18.8, MControl = 13.8) with highest scores for sexual and physical abuse. An earlier age of onset, a longer duration of abuse, and parental abuse significantly predicted higher dissociation scores. This meta-analysis underlines the importance of childhood abuse/neglect in the etiology of dissociation. The identified moderators may inform risk assessment and early intervention to prevent the development of dissociative symptoms.

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Dissociation in victims of childhood abuse or neglect: a meta-analytic review

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“…Child sexual abuse can produce painful and long-lasting consequences for victims and their families. This is an important public health issue given the documented short-term (e.g., Trickett, Reiffman, Horowitz, & Putnam, 1997) and long-term negative impact (Elliott & Briere, 1992; Gregory-Bills & Rhodeback, 1995) of sexual abuse on victims and their families. A substantial proportion of sexual assaults are committed by youths in their teens.…”

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Parents of adolescents who have committed sexual offenses: Characteristics, challenges, and interventions

Worley

Church

Clemmons

2011

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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This article discusses the importance of a systems approach to working with adolescents who have offended sexually. Literature concerning family backgrounds of these youths is reviewed, highlighting histories of family violence, parental depression and child maltreatment, problematic communication patterns, parental psychological inaccessibility, inconsistent discipline, and failure of the family to acknowledge the youth's offending behavior. Such issues and other special challenges presented by parents of these adolescents, particularly as the issues impact caregiver support and supervision, can be significant barriers to a youth's successful treatment. However, when these barriers are addressed through a systems approach that actively involves parents in assessment and therapeutic phases of intervention, treatment of an adolescent who sexually offended is likely to be enhanced. The importance of offering parents multiple intervention strategies at various stages in the therapeutic process is emphasized; interventions might include individual, family, and multi-family group therapy, and psychoeducation and support groups.

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“…These data might be interpreted to indicate that traumatized children eventually tend to dissociate knowledge of their traumatic experiences from the feelings that these experiences evoked, and at the same time these unresolved affects leave the children prone to experience the same affects in other everyday situations [19]. Gregory-Bills and Rhodeback [20] reported that psychopathology is much more evident in women who have experienced intrafamilial sexual abuse than those who have experienced extrafamilial sexual abuse. We demonstrated that sexual abuse of incest type is seems to be most related to dissociation in our university student sample.…”

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Childhood traumatic events and dissociation in university students

Aydın

Altındağ

Özkan

2009

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

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Objective. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of childhood traumatic events, to investigate its relationship with dissociation and other psychiatric symptoms and to examine the potential effect of family functioning on dissociative symptoms and general psychopathology in a Turkish university student sample. Methods. All participant completed Brief Physical and Sexual Abuse Questionnaire, Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) and Family Assessment Device (FAD). Results. The most frequent childhood trauma type was separation from caretaker (46.1%). Witnessing violence (33.1%), harsh punishment (21.2%) and substance abuse in family (10.5%) followed. Sexual abuse of incest type was seen in 6.3%. Students who reported childhood traumatic events had higher DES and SCL-90-R scores compared to those who did not. There were fair relationships between SCL-90-R and FAD scores. Conclusion. A history of childhood traumatic events may be related to increased level of dissociation and general psychopathology in university students. Other pathogenic family factors also may contribute to the development of psychiatric symptoms.

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Comparative psychopathology of women who experienced intra-familial versus extra-familial sexual abuse

Cited by 12 publications

References 37 publications

Dissociation in victims of childhood abuse or neglect: a meta-analytic review

Dissociation in victims of childhood abuse or neglect: a meta-analytic review

Parents of adolescents who have committed sexual offenses: Characteristics, challenges, and interventions

Childhood traumatic events and dissociation in university students

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