Childhood sexual abuse, adolescent sexual behaviors and sexual revictimization

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 789-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Fergusson ◽  
L.John Horwood ◽  
Michael T. Lynskey
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Revictimization ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Behaviors

Sexual Revictimization: The Impact of Attachment Anxiety, Accumulated Trauma, and Response to Childhood Sexual Abuse Disclosure

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inbal Brenner ◽  
Galit Ben-Amitay
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Neglect ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Sexual Revictimization ◽  
Abuse Disclosure ◽  
Sexual Abuse Disclosure ◽  
Environmental Responses ◽  
Childhood Traumas ◽  
The Impact

It has been proposed that a complexity of personal, interpersonal, and environmental factors is related to sexual revictimization among childhood sexual abuse survivors. In this study, we investigated the relations between attachment dimensions, exposure to accumulated childhood traumas, reaction to childhood sexual abuse disclosure, and adult sexual revictimization. Participants were 60 Israeli women with histories of childhood sexual abuse. Seventy percent of the women reported adult sexual revictimization. Revictimization was related to higher attachment anxiety but not to higher attachment avoidance. Revictimization was also related to emotional and physical child abuse but not to emotional and physical child neglect. Revictimization rates were higher among women who had received negative environmental responses following childhood sexual abuse disclosure than among women who had received supportive reactions and those who had not disclosed childhood sexual abuse at all. Findings were significant even after controlling for severity of childhood sexual abuse. The findings emphasize the role of various contextual-interpersonal factors on revictimization vulnerability among the survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Exploring Mediators of the Link Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Attempted or Completed Rape in a Mixed Gender College Sample

Partner Abuse ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Vanessa Tirone ◽  
Terasa Lillis ◽  
Jennifer Katz ◽  
Todd Moore
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Sexual Revictimization ◽  
Mixed Gender

Research is needed to better understand risk for sexual revictimization following childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Using single and multigroup structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques, we examined (a) whether the relation between CSA and attempted or completed rape was mediated by attachment insecurity (either anxiety or avoidance) and sexual motives and (b) whether these models differed significantly by gender. Sexually active college students (920; 59% women, 84% White, 96% heterosexual) were recruited for an Internet-based self-report cross-sectional survey study. About half (49%) of individuals who experienced CSA also experienced victimization since age 14. Thirty-five percent of women and 18% of men reported rape or attempted rape since age 14. In Model 1 attachment anxiety only partially mediated revictimization for women. In Model 2 attachment avoidance did not mediate revictimization. In both models avoidance motives for sex partially mediated revictimization for women and men but this effect was stronger for men. These findings underscore the importance of conducting sexual revictimization research in mixed-gender samples. Our results suggest that rates of men's victimization may be higher than previously assumed, and evaluating gender differences with modeling techniques may help identify variables (i.e., attachment anxiety) that explain the greater prevalence of sexual assault in adulthood among women.

scholarly journals Self-Reported Sexual Behavioral Similarities and Differences Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men With Childhood Sexual Abuse Histories: A Qualitative Exploratory Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 155798832094935
Author(s):  
Roberta E. Emetu ◽  
William L. Yarber ◽  
Catherine M. Sherwood-Laughlin ◽  
Alexis S. Brandt
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Anal Intercourse ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sex With Men

Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) have the highest burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a risk factor for high-risk sexual behavior and STI acquisition. Studies that have explored sexual behavior based on the type of reported sexual abuse are limited. This study aimed to further understand current sexual behaviors and perceptions among YMSM that have experienced different types of CSA. Sixteen YMSM who were survivors of CSA were interviewed utilizing a phenomenological conceptual framework and methodology. Thematic findings were divided into two parts. Part I gave an overview of the entire sample, and themes were as follows: unprotected oral sex used to evaluate penile abnormalities, trust promoting unprotected sex, and alcohol and other drugs not cited as the reason for casual sex. Part II demonstrated the differences among those with a history of CSA involving non-penile–anal intercourse and those with a history of CSA involving penile–anal intercourse. The major themes in Part II were that victims of CSA involving penile–anal intercourse reported the following: a hypersexual self-definition, an STI diagnosis and noncondom use history, and a third sexual partner during sexual activity. Based on the findings, early life experiences such as CSA should be considered when developing preventative sexual health strategies and individuals who experienced penetrative sexual abuse may have different needs which should be further explored.

Avoidant and compulsive sexual behaviors in male and female survivors of childhood sexual abuse

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 48-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel ◽  
Natacha Godbout ◽  
Chloé Labadie ◽  
Marsha Runtz ◽  
Yvan Lussier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Compulsive Sexual Behaviors

Trauma Symptoms, Sexual Behaviors, and Substance Abuse: Correlates of Childhood Sexual Abuse and HIV Risks Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth C. Kalichman ◽  
Cheryl Gore-Felton ◽  
Eric Benotsch ◽  
Marjorie Cage ◽  
David Rompa
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Hiv Risks ◽  
Sex With Men

scholarly journals Maternal Support as a Predictor of Children’s Sexualized Behaviors Following Childhood Sexual Abuse

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Wamser-Nanney ◽  
Julia C. Sager ◽  
Claudia L. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Maternal Support ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
True Relationship

Although previous studies have concluded that maternal support following children’s sexual abuse disclosures is an important predictor of children’s symptoms, the empirical data to support this is limited. Much of the small prior literature has used measures of maternal support without adequately reported psychometric properties, which may obscure the true relationship between support and children’s sexual behaviors. Further, it is unclear whether maternal support is related to children’s sexual acting out in the context of known predictors of sexual behaviors. The purposes of the current study were to (1) examine the relationships between support and children’s sexual behaviors and (2) determine whether support is related to sexual behaviors after controlling for known predictors among 161 treatment-seeking children (6–12 years old; M = 8.70, SD = 2.69) and their nonoffending mothers. In the bivariate analyses, emotional support was negatively related to children’s sexual behaviors, whereas maternal blame/doubt was positively correlated with sexual behaviors. Nonetheless, after controlling for other predictors, emotional support predicted developmentally related sexual behaviors but not sexual abuse–specific sexual behaviors. Levels of emotional support and blame/doubt predicted children’s total sexual behaviors, after accounting for identified predictors, suggesting that support may play a small role in understanding children’s sexual behaviors.

Post-Traumatic Growth, Dissociation, and Sexual Revictimization in Female Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yael Lahav ◽  
Karni Ginzburg ◽  
David Spiegel
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Efficacy Trial ◽  
Sexual Revictimization ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Moderating Role

Background:Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivors are at high risk of sexual revictimization. At the same time, some survivors report positive transformations resulting from the traumatic experience, a phenomenon known as post-traumatic growth (PTG). Although one might expect PTG to be related to reduced risk of revictimization, the link between PTG and revictimization has not been investigated. Furthermore, mixed findings regarding the associations between PTG and distress imply that the effects of PTG are multifaceted. One potential explanation may be that dissociation shapes the implications of PTG, making it more like denial than adaptive processing of traumatic experience. This longitudinal study explores (a) the associations between PTG and sexual revictimization and (b) the moderating role of dissociation within the associations between PTG and revictimization.Method:Participants were 111 female CSA survivors who participated in a 6-month efficacy trial evaluating the effectiveness of group psychotherapy for CSA survivors with HIV risk factors.Results:Dissociation moderated the associations between PTG and revictimization: Whereas PTG had nonsignificant effects on revictimization in participants with low dissociation, it predicted elevated levels of revictimization in participants with high dissociation.Conclusions:Reports of PTG among some CSA survivors might mirror dissociative beliefs that increase their risk of revictimization.

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