A Global Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse: Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Around the World

A Global Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse: Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Around the World

Our comprehensive meta-analysis combined prevalence figures of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) reported in 217 publications published between 1980 and 2008, including 331 independent samples with a total of 9,911,748 participants. The overall estimated CSA prevalence was 127/1000 in self-report studies...

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Veröffentlicht in:Child maltreatment 2011-05, Vol.16 (2), p.79-101
Hauptverfasser: Stoltenborgh, Marije, van IJzendoorn, Marinus H., Euser, Eveline M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abused children
Adolescent
Age Factors
Bias
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse, Sexual - statistics & numerical data
Child sexual abuse
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Childhood sexual abuse
Children
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Collection - statistics & numerical data
Female
Global perspective
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Informants
Male
Medical sciences
Meta-analysis
Methodological problems
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sample Size
Self Disclosure
Self report
Selfreport
Sex crimes
Sex Factors
Systematic review
Victimology
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Zusammenfassung:Our comprehensive meta-analysis combined prevalence figures of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) reported in 217 publications published between 1980 and 2008, including 331 independent samples with a total of 9,911,748 participants. The overall estimated CSA prevalence was 127/1000 in self-report studies and 4/1000 in informant studies. Self-reported CSA was more common among female (180/1000) than among male participants (76/1000). Lowest rates for both girls (113/1000) and boys (41/1000) were found in Asia, and highest rates were found for girls in Australia (215/1000) and for boys in Africa (193/1000). The results of our meta-analysis confirm that CSA is a global problem of considerable extent, but also show that methodological issues drastically influence the self-reported prevalence of CSA.
ISSN:1077-5595
1552-6119
DOI:10.1177/1077559511403920