Revictimization and self-harm in females who experienced childhood sexual abuse results from a prospective study
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2003
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Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Abstract
Lifetime trauma histories were ascertained for females with confirmed histories of
childhood sexual abuse and comparison females participating in a longitudinal, prospective
study. Abused participants reported twice as many subsequent rapes or sexual
assaults (p = .07), 1.6 times as many physical affronts including domestic violence
(p = .01), almost four times as many incidences of self-inflicted harm (p =
.002), and more than 20% more subsequent, significant lifetime traumas (p = .04)
than did comparison participants. Sexual revictimization was positively correlated
with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD), peritraumatic dissociation,
and sexual preoccupation. Physical revictimization was positively correlated with
PTSD symptoms, pathological dissociation, and sexually permissive attitudes. Selfharm
was positively correlated with both peritraumatic and pathological dissociation.
Competing theoretical explanations for revictimization and self-harm are discussed
and evaluated.
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revictimization, child sexual abuse, self-harm, research
Citation
Noll, J. G., Horowitz, L. A., Bonanno, G. A., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. (2003). Revictimization and self-harm in females who experienced childhood sexual abuse results from a prospective study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18(12), 1452-1471.