Childhood sexual abuse: long-term effects on psychological and sexual functioning in a nonclinical and nonstudent sample of adult women

Childhood sexual abuse: long-term effects on psychological and sexual functioning in a nonclinical and nonstudent sample of adult women

Questionnaires were distributed to 1,500 nurses and returned anonymously. 54 women who had been sexually abused as children (age 15 or younger) responded. These subjects were then matched with 54 nonabused control subjects. The abused group reported more symptoms of distress on the Global Severity I...

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Veröffentlicht in:Child abuse & neglect 1990-01, Vol.14 (1990), p.503-513
Hauptverfasser: Greenwald, E, Cado, S, Leitenberg, H, Tarran, M J
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Sprache:eng
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Childhood sexual abuse
Factors
Psychological functioning
Sexual functioning
Women
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Zusammenfassung:Questionnaires were distributed to 1,500 nurses and returned anonymously. 54 women who had been sexually abused as children (age 15 or younger) responded. These subjects were then matched with 54 nonabused control subjects. The abused group reported more symptoms of distress on the Global Severity Index and on 7 out of 9 subscales of the Derogatis Brief Symptom Inventory. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0145-2134