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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
