Typologies of child sexual abuse: An analysis of multiple abuse acts among a large sample of Danish treatment-seeking survivors of childhood sexual abuse: An analysis of multiple abuse acts among a large sample of Danish treatment-seeking survivors of childhood sexual abuse
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| Title: | Typologies of child sexual abuse: An analysis of multiple abuse acts among a large sample of Danish treatment-seeking survivors of childhood sexual abuse: An analysis of multiple abuse acts among a large sample of Danish treatment-seeking survivors of childhood sexual abuse |
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| Authors: | Mark Shevlin, Siobhan Murphy, Ask Elklit, Jamie Murphy, Philip Hyland |
| Source: | Shevlin, M, Murphy, S, Elklit, A, Murphy, J & Hyland, P 2018, ' Typologies of child sexual abuse : An analysis of multiple abuse acts among a large sample of Danish treatment-seeking survivors of childhood sexual abuse ', Psychological Trauma, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 263-269 . https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000268 |
| Publisher Information: | American Psychological Association (APA), 2018. |
| Publication Year: | 2018 |
| Subject Terms: | Adult, Male, Denmark, Sexual/classification, Child psychology, Stress, Sex Factors, 5. Gender equality, Latent class analysis, Psychology, Abuse-specific predictors, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Child Abuse, Psychological/etiology, Child, 10. No inequality, Childhood sexual abuse, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Treatment-seeking sample, Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, Child Abuse, Sexual/classification, 05 social sciences, Child Abuse, Sexual, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Latent Class Analysis, Stress, Psychological/etiology, Female, 0509 other social sciences, Stress, Psychological |
| Description: | The deleterious psychological effects of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) have been extensively documented in the research literature. A limitation of this research, however, has been a reliance on overly restrictive and limiting measurements of CSA. Researchers have most commonly referred to discrete instances of rape and molestation; however, evidence suggests that sexual abuse in childhood can include a wide array of acts and that individual survivors can endure many of these.This study employed latent class analysis to identify homogeneous groups of adult CSA survivors characterized by similar typologies of sexual trauma within a large sample of Danish, treatment-seeking survivors of CSA and incest (N = 454). In total, 18 separate contact and noncontact abuse acts were modeled. Furthermore, the association between abuse-related variables (victim gender, the age at which the abuse started, duration of abuse, and perpetrator of abuse) and the resultant CSA groups, or classes, was estimated.Four homogeneous CSA groups were identified: an intercourse group, a high-verbal/low-contact group, a high-sexual-contact group, and a sexual-touch group. Some of the groups were distinguishable from others in terms of the frequency of the abuse and the type of perpetrator identified.The results show that "typologies" of CSA may provide a useful way to describe complex patterns of abuse while also facilitating future investigations of CSA outcome and treatment need. (PsycINFO Database Record |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | text |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1942-969X 1942-9681 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/tra0000268 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28368155 http://findresearcher.sdu.dk/portal/en/publications/typologies-of-child-sexual-abuse-an-analysis-of-multiple-abuse-acts-among-a-large-sample-of-danish-treatmentseeking-survivors-of-childhood-sexual-abuse(71103014-c3c1-4e13-b3dd-4187ed894118)/export.html http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/tra0000268 http://norma.ncirl.ie/2554/ http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-14884-001 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28368155 https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/typologies-of-child-sexual-abuse-an-analysis-of-multiple-abuse-ac https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/71103014-c3c1-4e13-b3dd-4187ed894118 https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/16153/ |
| Rights: | CC BY NC SA |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....13b56abbe6023edc0ccff72d699155a8 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | The deleterious psychological effects of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) have been extensively documented in the research literature. A limitation of this research, however, has been a reliance on overly restrictive and limiting measurements of CSA. Researchers have most commonly referred to discrete instances of rape and molestation; however, evidence suggests that sexual abuse in childhood can include a wide array of acts and that individual survivors can endure many of these.This study employed latent class analysis to identify homogeneous groups of adult CSA survivors characterized by similar typologies of sexual trauma within a large sample of Danish, treatment-seeking survivors of CSA and incest (N = 454). In total, 18 separate contact and noncontact abuse acts were modeled. Furthermore, the association between abuse-related variables (victim gender, the age at which the abuse started, duration of abuse, and perpetrator of abuse) and the resultant CSA groups, or classes, was estimated.Four homogeneous CSA groups were identified: an intercourse group, a high-verbal/low-contact group, a high-sexual-contact group, and a sexual-touch group. Some of the groups were distinguishable from others in terms of the frequency of the abuse and the type of perpetrator identified.The results show that "typologies" of CSA may provide a useful way to describe complex patterns of abuse while also facilitating future investigations of CSA outcome and treatment need. (PsycINFO Database Record |
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| ISSN: | 1942969X 19429681 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/tra0000268 |