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Briere, John; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
A total of 314 university students completed a questionnaire examining reports of childhood sexual abuse history and extent and type of adult sexual fantasies. Multivariate main effects of gender and abuse history were found, as well as a multivariate interaction between these variables. Sexually abused subjects had more sexual fantasies in four…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, College Students, Fantasy, Higher Education
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
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Direct linkBriere, 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
