Is childhood sexual victimization associated with cognitive distortions, self-esteem, and emotional congruence with children?

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-273
Author(s):  
Carolyn Blank ◽  
Kevin L. Nunes ◽  
Sacha Maimone ◽  
Chantal A. Hermann ◽  
Ian V. McPhail
1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Spatz Widom ◽  
M.Ashley Ames

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalina A. Mandoki ◽  
Barry R. Burkhart

A review of the literature on sexual abuse suggests that many women are repeatedly victimized. To examine the relationship between child and adult sexual victimization, 282 female undergraduates completed questionnaires describing child and adult incidents of sexual abuse. Personality measures (e.g., assertiveness, dependency, self-esteem, and attributional style) and situational variables (family background, and dating and sexual history) were measured to assess their relationship to victimization. Child victimization did not directly predict adult victimization; however, the number of both child and adult victimizations was related to the number of adult consensual sexual partners. A pattern of repeated adult victimization was identified for a group of victims of adult sexual abuse; however, such multiple victimization was not associated with any of the predicted personality variables. Further investigation of women who have been victimized as children and as adults and of adults who present with repeated victimization was identified as a necessary area for further research.


2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1189-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Marshall Townsend ◽  
Peter K. Jonason ◽  
Timothy H. Wasserman

1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Fromuth ◽  
Barry R. Burkhart

Little information exists on the childhood sexual victimization of males as it occurs in nonclinical samples. Employing a broad funnel-type of questionnaire methodology, the current study examined childhood sexual victimization in two samples of college men consisting of 253 and 329 students from a large Midwestern and Southeastern university, respectively. There was general consistency between the two samples in the prevalence and descriptive features of the abuse. However, different definitions of abuse generated markedly different outcomes in the data. Depending on the definition utilized, prevalence rates varied from 4% to 24% of the samples being defined as “abused.” Moreover, the quality of experiences varied by definition. Using less restrictive definitions, the experiences reported by men were distinctively different from those reported in studies of college women or clinical samples of boys. This study identifies methodological and definitional issues as being critical to the study of childhood sexual victimization, particularly among males.


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