1. Sexual and physical revictimization among victims of severe childhood sexual abuse
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Barnes, Jaclyn E., Noll, Jennie G., Putnam, Frank W., and Trickett, Penelope K.
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ABUSED children , *CRIME prevention , *SEXUALLY abused girls , *LONGITUDINAL method , *VICTIMIZATION rates , *CHILD sexual abuse - Abstract
Objective: This 15-year prospective, longitudinal study examines adolescent and young-adult female self-reports of traumatic sexual and physical experiences occurring subsequent to substantiated childhood sexual abuse—revictimizations (N =89). Method: These incidences were contrasted to sexual and physical victimizations reported by a group of non-abused comparison females (N =90). Results: Abused females were almost twice as likely to have experienced sexual revictimization (odds=1.99±2.79, p <.05), and physical revictimization (odds=1.96±2.58, p <.05) as compared to victimization rates reported by comparison females. Abused females’ revictimizations were also more likely to have been perpetrated by older, non-peers and characterized by physical injury than were victimizations reported by comparison females. Conclusion: Early childhood sexual abuse may provide information regarding the level of risk for recurrent sexual and physical victimization. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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