Objective: Research investigating the impact of child sexual abuse (CSA) in community samples of adolescents has been limited. This study aims to identify sexual abuse among ethnically diverse high school adolescents of both genders and evaluate their psycho-emotional consequences. Method: Through the use of self-report instruments, a sample of…

Objective: The purpose of this study was to (a) describe the timing of maltreatment recurrence and (b) measure associations between child demographics and characteristics of initial reports with recurrent maltreatment. Method: Using administrative data from the Florida Department of Children and Families, case histories of 189,375 children with an…

This study reports the prevalence of child sexual abuse in 338 African-American and European-American women and compares circumstances to data collected a decade ago. Thirty-four percent reported at least one incident prior to age 18. Ethnic differences were found relating to prevalence and number of incidents. (CR)

No significant differences in the incidence of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) were found between 70 Hispanic and 151 non-Hispanic White (NHW) female college students surveyed. However, a greater proportion of Hispanics reported extended family members as perpetrators, and NHW women were more likely to indicate that nothing happened as a result of…

This research examines the understudied issue of race/ethnicity in relation to child sexual abuse experiences (CSA) in a cross-sectional convenience sample of 461 female college students completing a survey. Comparisons of students' abuse experiences revealed ethnic differences in sexual abuse prevalence, severity of abuse, the victim-offender…