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Peer reviewedFeiring, Candice; Lewis, Michael; Taska, Lynn – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1999
Interviews with 96 children and 73 adolescents following sexual abuse found significant age and sex differences. Adolescents reported a higher level of depressive symptoms, negative reactions by others, and lower levels of self-esteem, social support, and sexual anxiety. Girls reported higher levels of intrusive thoughts, hyperarousal, sexual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Abuse, Children
Peer reviewedFeiring, Candice; And Others – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
This article presents a theoretical and testable model of psychological processes in child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse. It proposes that sexual abuse leads to shame through mediation of cognitive attributions which leads to poor adjustment. Three factors--social support, gender, and developmental period--are hypothesized to moderate the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Child Abuse, Children
