Personality Profiles of Adult Males Sexually Molested by Their Maternal Caregivers

Roys, Deloris T.; Timms, Robert J.

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“…E-mail: brian.allen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu. ual abuse (Roys & Timms, 1995). Alterations in personality have also been linked to other types of childhood trauma as well, such as emotional abuse and neglect (Bierer et al, 2003), physical abuse (Berkowitz, 2004), cancer (Erickson & Steiner, 2001), witnessing murder or severe injury (Perry & Daugherty, 1995), and experiencing an earthquake (Scott, Knoth, Beltran-Quiones, & Gomez, 2003).…”

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Personality characteristics of adult survivors of childhood trauma

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Lauterbach

2007

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Lenore Terr (1991) proposed a framework for childhood trauma that distinguishes between single-incident trauma (Type I) and repeated or prolonged trauma (Type II). Terr's framework and data collected from the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) are used to examine differences in personality between adult survivors of childhood Type I trauma, childhood Type II trauma, and a control group of adults not traumatized as children. Groups were compared on five personality scales. Results indicate that individuals in the trauma categories scored higher in neuroticism and openness to new experiences than individuals in the control group. The Type I group was lower than the control group on interpersonal dependency, whereas the Type II group scored higher than the control group on this measure.

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Personality characteristics of adult survivors of childhood trauma

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2007

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“…Ease of accessibility, early onset and increased severity and duration of the abuse, the often close relationship between victim and offender and the involvement of multiple perpetrators have all been identified as factors in female sex offending and are associated with increased risk of later psychological disturbance (Denov, 2004b;Saradjian, 1996;Faller, 1987). There is also some empirical evidence to support the view that maternal incest increases adulthood emotional difficulties in males in comparison with other types of sexual abuse (Roye and Timms, 1995) and that it may also increase the risk of sexual offending in adulthood (Salter, 2003).…”

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Dealing with a problem that doesn't exist? Professional responses to female perpetrated child sexual abuse

Bunting

2007

Child Abuse Review

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Female involvement in sexual offences against children is more common than is generally thought and has serious implications for the long-term emotional and psychological well-being of victims. Drawing on findings from: a comprehensive review of the literature; an overview of relevant literature and legislation; and an electronic survey of Multi-Agency Public Protection Panels; this paper explores the criminal justice response to female sex offending in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.The literature highlights that the way in which professionals identify and respond to child sexual abuse has been shown to be influenced by the gender of the perpetrator. Equally, whilst similar to male sex offending in terms of the intrusiveness and seriousness of the abuse, some aspects of female sex offending can cause particular problems for professionals. The fact that some sexual abuse can be disguised as childcare can make it difficult for professionals to identify this type of abuse whilst high rates of co-offending bring additional difficulties in determining the degree of female involvement and assigning responsibility. The survey findings indicate that risk assessment tools for female sex offenders is a key area requiring development and point towards small inconsistencies in the current practice of risk assessing females in the community. The survey also identifies the lack of treatment programmes for this group of offenders as well as drawing attention to the need for national policies and procedures, staff training and the identification of areas of good practice. Increased discussion and debate about how best to work with this group of sex offenders is also required.

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Personality Profiles of Adult Males Sexually Molested by Their Maternal Caregivers

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