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Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen A.; Simon, Arthur F. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
Age at which sexual molestation starts has implications for prevention education and theories regarding etiology of child sexual abuse. For a sample of 365 adults molested as children, average age of onset was 7.5; average age at end of molestation was 13; duration was usually one year or more. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Chronological Age, Etiology
