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Sexual Abuse Trauma among Professional Women: Validating the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40 (TSC-40).
Elliott, Diana M.; Briere, John – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1992
In a national survey of 2,963 professional women, the Trauma Symptom Checklist was found to be reliable and to display predictive validity in regard to childhood sexual victimization. Women who reported a sexual abuse history scored significantly higher than did women with no such history on each of the six subscales. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Abuse, Females, Sexual Abuse
Sexual Abuse, Family Environment, and Psychological Symptoms: On the Validity of Statistical Control.
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Briere, John; Elliott, Diana M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1993
Responds to article in which Nash et al. reported on effects of controlling for family environment when studying sexual abuse sequelae. Considers findings in terms of theoretical and statistical constraints placed on analysis of covariance and other partializing procedures. Questions use of covariate techniques to test hypotheses about causal role…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Abuse, Family Environment, Females
Symptomatology Associated with Childhood Sexual Victimization in a Nonclinical Adult Sample.
Briere, John; Runtz, Marsha – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
Forty-one of 278 university women who reported sexual contact with a significantly older person before age 15 reported higher levels of dissociation, somatization, anxiety, and depression than did nonabused women. Symptomatology was positively associated with such variables as age of abuser, use of force during victimization, and parental incest.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Abuse, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment
Violence Against Women: Outcome Complexity and Implications for Assessment and Treatment
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Briere, John; Jordan, Carol E. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
This article reviews the major forms of violence against women, including sexual assault, intimate-relationship violence, and stalking and outlines the known psychological effects of such victimization. Also discussed are a number of variables that combine to determine the effects of such victimization, including type and characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Emotional Response, Females, Violence
Differential Adult Symptomatology Associated with Three Types of Child Abuse Histories.
Briere, John; Runtz, Marsha – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1990
University women (N=277) completed questionnaires providing retrospective reports of childhood abuse. History of psychological abuse was uniquely associated with low self-esteem, physical abuse was linked to aggression toward others, sexual abuse was related to maladaptive sexual behavior, and physical and emotional abuse together resulted in…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, College Students
Sexual Violence in the Media: Indirect Effects on Aggression Against Women.
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Malamuth, Neil M.; Briere, John – Journal of Social Issues, 1986
Presents a model hypothesizing indirect effects of media sexual violence on aggression against women. Suggests that cultural factors and individual variables interact to affect thought patterns and other responses that may lead to antisocial behavior. Discusses relevance of model to current research trends, including laboratory and naturalistic…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Development, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education