Self-Destructive and Delinquent Behaviors of Adolescent Female Victims of Child Sexual Abuse: Rates and Covariates in Clinical and Nonclinical Samples

Wright, John; Friedrich, William N.; Cinq-Mars, Caroline; Cyr, Mireille; McDuff, Pierre

doi:10.1891/088667004780927756

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“…Self-destructive behavior might be included in this pattern. Exposure to family violence could contribute to aggression and delinquency (21). There could be a number of reasons for the increased involvement in criminal behavior among the sexually abused girls.…”

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Sexually abused children. Characterization of these girls when adolscents

Holmberg¹,

Hellberg²

2010

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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Aim: To study associations between sexual abuse of girls in childhood and variables affecting life in adolescence. Methods: Anonymously, in the class room, all eligible female adolescents 13-18 years old (n= 1,428) in a medium-sized town completed a validated in-depth questionnaire (Q90) with 165 questions. A history of sexual offense was reported by 119 cases (8.3%, mean age 16.0 years). The remaining 1,309 girls (mean age 15.6 years) served as a comparison group. Results: Questions included body perception, health, including psychosomatic symptoms, depression, suicidal thoughts, psychiatric medication, general questions about present life, peer relations, smoking, alcohol use, delinquent behaviors, and sexual behaviors. In most areas, adolescents with a history of sexual offense responded unfavorably compared with the comparison groups. Some examples were that despite a similar body mass index, 47% of the cases felt overweight as against 31% of the remaining adolescents (p = .0001). Among the sexually abused adolescents, self-perceived depression was more common (60% vs. 37%, p = .0001), as was psychiatric medication (10% vs. 2%, p = .0003). Loneliness was reported by 23% of the cases versus 13% (p = .005). Smoking, alcohol use, and minor criminality showed similar results. Sexual risk behaviors, i.e. multiple sexual partners, unwanted pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections did not differ between the two groups of girls. Conclusion: Many adolescents with a history of childhood sexual offense feel unhappy, as is evident from the magnitude of the problems. This includes many aspects of adolescent life. It seems likely that the problems are at least partially related to sexual abuse in childhood.

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Sexually abused children. Characterization of these girls when adolscents

Holmberg¹,

Hellberg²

2010

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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“…Among these risk factors are victimization experiences in adolescence (Moran, Vuchinich, & Hall, 2004;Wright, Friedrich, Cinq-Mars, Cyr, & McDuff, 2004). First, several authors have noted a link between victimization during childhood (sexual abuse, physical abuse, exposure to family violence or neglect) and delinquent behaviors in adolescence (Bergen, Martin, Richardson, Allison, & Roeger, 2004;Fergusson & Lynskey, 1997;Herrera & McCloskey, 2003;Paetsch & Bertrand, 1999;Wright et al, 2004). Victimization experiences during adolescence are also associated with delinquency in adolescence and adulthood (Smith, Ireland, & Thornberry, 2005).…”

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Relationships Between Drugs and Delinquency in Adolescence: Influence of Gender and Victimization Experiences

Brunelle

Tremblay

Blanchette-Martin

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Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse

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A total of 726 youths presenting a severe addiction were evaluated at the time of their request for services in an addiction rehabilitation center. Results show that the more delinquent youths have a more severe profile of substance use, thus confirming the strong association between psychoactive substance (PAS) use severity and delinquency. Girls being treated for addiction present a more severe profile of substance use than boys treated. No interaction effect was found between gender and level of delinquency. It also appears important that the history of sexual abuse be considered as one of the variables associated with the severity of PAS use.

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“…For girls exposed to multiple forms of abuse, sexual abuse is a strong predictor of violent and nonviolent criminal behavior, and physical abuse is associated with assaults on parents (Herrera & McCloskey, 2003). Sexual abuse in girls also is associated with higher rates of arrest in adulthood (Siegel & Williams, 2003), delinquency (Kakar, Friedmann, & Peck, 2002;Wright , Friedrich, & Cinq-Mars, 2004), and self-injury and other self-destructive behaviors (Kakar et al, 2002;Wright et al, 2004).…”

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Girls Will Be Girls

Veysey

Hamilton

2007

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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Data on 2,303 youth participating in the New York State Mental Health/ Juvenile Justice Diversion Program were used to explore differences between girls and boys on factors commonly associated with two juvenile justice outcomes: recidivism and out-of-community placement. Bivariate analyses reveal predictable differences between justice-involved girls and boys. Pooled sex multivariate models of these outcomes show no main effect of sex. The results of the within-gender analyses reveal that the type and strength of the predictors of out-of-community placement and recidivism differ for girls and boys. Some predictors suggest even opposite effects by gender. This underscores the necessity to conduct studies of girls (and women) that are grounded in female-specific theories, using data elements derived from those theories and collecting information through gender-sensitive methodologies. R eferring to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, Carol Gilligan (1982) asked the question: What would this theory look like if the pinnacle of moral development was a well-adjusted adult woman instead of a man? If well-adjusted women were the point of contrast, could well-adjusted men ever hope to achieve full moral development? Gilligan's question is as pertinent today as it was 25 years ago. Underlying it is a haunting suspicion that girls and boys (and women and men) are far more different than they are similar, that common conceptions of what it means to be human do not really adequately describe women's experiences, perceptions, and social and relational identities. Furthermore, theories proposed as general

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Self-Destructive and Delinquent Behaviors of Adolescent Female Victims of Child Sexual Abuse: Rates and Covariates in Clinical and Nonclinical Samples

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Sexually abused children. Characterization of these girls when adolscents

Sexually abused children. Characterization of these girls when adolscents

Relationships Between Drugs and Delinquency in Adolescence: Influence of Gender and Victimization Experiences

Girls Will Be Girls

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