The Prevalence of Sexual Revictimization: A Meta-Analytic Review

Walker, Hannah E; Freud, J; Ellis, Robyn A.; Fraine, Shawn; Wilson, Laura C.

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“…(p. 15). As for the concept "child", there is no clear agreement on the absolute age ranges for childhood, adolescence, and adulthood in literature on (re-) RISK FACTORS FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMIZATION 14 victimization of CSA (see also Walker, Freud, Allis, Fraine, & Wilson, 2017). Some researchers define experiences of CSA as victimization prior to 12 years of age (e.g., Miron & Orcutt, 2014), whereas other studies on CSA are directed on unwanted sexual activities up to the age of 18 years (e.g., Campbell, Greeson, Bybee, & Raja, 2008;Davis, DeMaio, & Fricker-Elhai, 2004).…”

Section: Defining Child Sexual Abusementioning

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Risk factors for child sexual abuse victimization: A meta-analytic review.

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Psychological Bulletin

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Experiencing child sexual abuse (CSA) is a major public health problem with serious consequences for CSA victims. For effective assessment and (preventive) intervention, knowledge on risk factors and their effects is crucial. Here, the aim was to synthesize research on associations between (putative) risk factors and CSA victimization. In total, 765 (putative) risk factors were extracted from 72 studies, which were classified into 35 risk domains. A series of three-level meta-analyses produced a significant mean effect for 23 of the 35 risk domains ranging from r = .101 to r = .360. The strongest effects were found for prior victimization of the child and/or its family members, such as prior CSA victimization of the child and/or siblings (r = .360), prior victimization of the child other than child abuse (r = .340), prior or concurrent forms of child abuse in the child's home environment (r = .267), and a parental history of child abuse victimization (r = .265). Other identified risks were related to parental problems (e.g., intimate partner violence, r = .188), parenting problems (e.g., low quality of parent-child relation, r = .292), a non-nuclear family structure (e.g., having a stepfather, r = .118), family problems (e.g., social isolation, r = .191), child problems (e.g., having a mental/physical chronic condition, r = .193), and other child characteristics (e.g., being female, r = .290). Moderator analyses suggested that contact CSA victimization may be better predicted than non-contact CSA victimization. It was concluded that an ecological perspective on preventing CSA victimization is necessary.

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Section: Defining Child Sexual Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

Risk factors for child sexual abuse victimization: A meta-analytic review.

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“…Those with a history of sexual abuse have higher rates of hazardous drug and alcohol use than the general population [10], and women who experienced IPV are significantly more likely to experience adverse mental health consequences, including suicide attempts and emotional distress [1,11]. Moreover, survivors of sexual abuse, and specifically those with a history of child sexual abuse and poor mental health, are at great risk of using sex as self-injury and being revicitmised later in life [12][13][14].…”

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The identification and treatment of mental health and substance misuse problems in sexual assault services: A systematic review

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BackgroundSpecialist sexual assault services, which collect forensic evidence and offer holistic healthcare to people following sexual assault, have been established internationally. In England, these services are called sexual assault referral centres (SARCs). Mental health and substance misuse problems are common among SARC attendees, but little is known about how SARCs should address these needs. This review aims to seek and synthesise evidence regarding approaches to identification and support for mental health and substance misuse problems in SARCs and corresponding services internationally; empirical evidence regarding effective service models; and stakeholders' views and policy recommendations about optimal SARC practice. MethodsA systematic review was undertaken. PsycINFO, MEDLINE, IBSS and CINAHL were searched from 1975 to August 2018. A web-based search up to December 2018 was also conducted to identify government and expert guidelines on SARCs. Quality assessment and narrative synthesis were conducted.

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“…The most comprehensive is Leonard Shengold's work, in his book Soul Murder (Shengold, 1989). Other mental health professionals have addressed the important question of the frequency of “revictimization” in adult survivors of childhood abuse (Arata, 2002; Cloitre & Rosenberg, 2006; Fortier et al, 2009; Walker, Freud, Ellis, Fraine, & Wilson, 2019; Widom, Czaja, & Dutton, 2008; Jaffee et al, 2019). It is by now clear that chronic PTSD, the inevitable result of long‐term abuse and neglect creates a kind of blindness to the initial warning signs presented by abusers.…”

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A psychoanalytic perspective on victims of domestic violence and coercive control

Brandt

Rudden

2020

Appl Psychoanal Studies

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Based on long clinical and forensic experience in the assessment and treatment of victims of domestic violence, the authors discuss some predisposing psychological factors that can lead to a woman's vulnerability to forming and maintaining an attachment to an abusive partner. Clinical vignettes to illustrate some kinds of observed vulnerabilities along with the authors' ideas as to their origins are presented. The authors argue that these women present with some common but hidden difficulties that may go unrecognized even in a psychoanalytic setting. This is, in part, because of our profession's lack of familiarity with the nature of domestic violence. A more nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of domestic violence is obscured by two crucial factors: first, there is an initial clinical focus on the reality of significant external obstacles to terminating these often intense bonds – even in the face of foreseeable danger to the victim and children; second, and perhaps more limiting, are psychoanalytically based assumptions about “characterological masochism” that often reflect simplistic, moralistic, misogynistic assumptions about women that continue to inform psychoanalytic theory in the area of family life. In addition, the authors discuss some of the interactions contained within the perpetrator/victim relationship that reflect and reinforce the internal liabilities observed in this group of victims.

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The Prevalence of Sexual Revictimization: A Meta-Analytic Review

Cited by 222 publications

References 82 publications

Risk factors for child sexual abuse victimization: A meta-analytic review.

Risk factors for child sexual abuse victimization: A meta-analytic review.

The identification and treatment of mental health and substance misuse problems in sexual assault services: A systematic review

A psychoanalytic perspective on victims of domestic violence and coercive control

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