Sexual and physical revictimization among victims of severe childhood sexual abuse
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2009
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Child Abuse & Neglect
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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. (Author Abstract)
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child abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, risk factors, research
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Barnes, J. E., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., & Trickett, P. K. (2009). Sexual and physical revictimization among victims of severe childhood sexual abuse. Child abuse & neglect, 33(7), 412-420.