1. Childhood sexual abuse, adult sexual assault, revictimization, and coping among sexual minority women.
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Xu M, Corbeil T, Bochicchio L, Scheer JR, Wall M, and Hughes TL
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- Adult, Female, Child, Humans, Adolescent, Sexual Behavior psychology, Coping Skills, Ethnicity, Child Abuse, Sexual psychology, Crime Victims psychology
- Abstract
Background: Compared with heterosexual women, sexual minority women experience higher rates and greater severity of sexual victimization. Little is known about how childhood sexual abuse (CSA), adult sexual assault (ASA), and revictimization impact coping in this population. Few studies have examined the effects of recency, developmental stage, and revictimization on coping., Objective: To improve psychosocial outcomes following sexual victimization, it is important to understand whether different patterns of exposure differentially impact coping over time. To do so, we investigated associations between CSA, ASA, and revictimization (both CSA and ASA) and adult sexual minority women's coping strategies., Participants and Setting: Data are from a longitudinal community-based sample of 513 sexual minority women of diverse ages and races/ethnicities., Methods: Participants reported CSA (
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- 2024
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