Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Revictimization Among Young Women

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Van Bruggen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Sexual Revictimization

scholarly journals Severity of Child Sexual Abuse and Revictimization: The Mediating Role of Coping and Trauma Symptoms

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A. Fortier ◽  
David DiLillo ◽  
Terri L. Messman-Moore ◽  
James Peugh ◽  
Kathleen A. DeNardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Avoidant Coping ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexual Revictimization ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Modifiable Factors

Child sexual abuse (CSA) has consistently been associated with the use of avoidant coping; these coping methods have been associated with increased trauma symptoms, which have, in turn, been linked to increased risk for adult sexual revictimization. Given these previous findings, the purpose of the current study was to test a model that conceptualized the relationships among these variables. Specifically, CSA severity was conceptualized as leading to the use of avoidant coping, which was proposed to lead to maintenance of trauma symptoms, which would, in turn, impact severity of revictimization indirectly. This comprehensive model was tested in a cross-sectional study of a large, geographically diverse sample of college women. Participants were 99 female undergraduates classified as having experienced CSA who completed measures of abuse history, coping style, current levels of trauma symptoms, and adult sexual revictimization. Multivariate path analysis indicated that the data fit the hypothesized model for verbally coercive, but not physically aggressive, revictimization. Specifically, increased CSA severity was associated with the use of avoidant coping, which, in turn, predicted greater levels of trauma symptomatology and severity of sexual coercion in adulthood. Although cross-sectional in nature, findings from this study suggest that coping strategies and trauma symptoms may represent modifiable factors that place women at increased risk for verbally coercive sexual revictimization.

Relational and Sexual Experiences of Betrayal From the Point of View of Sexually Victimized Young Women

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051988819
Author(s):  
Roxanne Guyon ◽  
Mylène Fernet ◽  
Martine Hébert
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Traumagenic Dynamics ◽  
Sexually Victimized

Worldwide, it is estimated that one in five women have reported being sexually victimized before the age of 18. Girls are particularly at risk of sexual abuse at the end of adolescence and are more vulnerable to revictimization during this period. However, there is a paucity of findings related to the relational and sexual impacts of child sexual abuse among young women. The traumagenic dynamics model, proposed by Finkelhor and Browne, postulates that the consequences of sexual abuse can be analyzed in light of four distinct dynamics: traumatic sexualization, betrayal, powerlessness, and stigmatization. Among the four postulated dynamics, betrayal appears to be a key element to gain insight on the relational challenges experienced by victims, as betrayal situations can recur in romantic relationships. The present study aimed to describe, from the point of view of young women victims of child sexual abuse, the issues related to betrayals in their relational and sexual experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 young women aged 18 to 25 years old who had reported sexual victimization. Two main conceptual categories emerged from the narratives of the participants: (a) relational situations that echo the betrayal dynamic and (b) strategies to cope with relational situations involving betrayal: protection, reparation, and the use of both strategies, which leads to ambivalence. Findings highlight the importance of addressing the traumagenic dynamic of betrayal in interventions with sexually abuse youths, given their likelihood to experience betrayal in the context of romantic relationships and their increased risk of revictimization.

The Prevalence of Sexual Revictimization: A Meta-Analytic Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah E. Walker ◽  
Jennifer S. Freud ◽  
Robyn A. Ellis ◽  
Shawn M. Fraine ◽  
Laura C. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
General Population ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Sexual Abuse Survivors ◽  
Sexual Revictimization ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
The Mean

The literature consistently demonstrates evidence that child sexual abuse survivors are at greater risk of victimization later in life than the general population. This phenomenon is called sexual revictimization. Although this finding is robust, there is a large amount of variability in the prevalence rates of revictimization demonstrated in the literature. The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to calculate an average prevalence rate of revictimization across the literature and to examine moderators that may potentially account for the observed variability. Based on a review of PsycINFO and PILOTS, 1,412 articles were identified and reviewed for inclusion. This process resulted in the inclusion of 80 studies, which contained 12,252 survivors of child sexual abuse. The mean prevalence of sexual revictimization across studies was 47.9% (95% confidence intervals [43.6%, 52.3%]), suggesting that almost half of child sexual abuse survivors are sexually victimized in the future. The present study failed to find support for any of the examined moderators. Potential explanations of and implications for the results are offered, including suggestions for therapists.

Child sexual abuse and adult sexual revictimization.

2005 ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy L. Rich ◽  
Amy M. Combs-Lane ◽  
Heidi S. Resnick ◽  
Dean G. Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Revictimization

scholarly journals Thought control strategies as mediators of trauma symptoms in young women with histories of child sexual abuse

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 809-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Scarpa ◽  
Laura C. Wilson ◽  
Anthony O. Wells ◽  
Michelle A. Patriquin ◽  
Akiho Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Thought Control ◽  
Thought Control Strategies
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