ERIC Number: EJ980557
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 19
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Sexual Revictimization in Adult Women: Examining Factors Associated with Their Childhood and Adulthood Experiences
Simmel, Cassandra; Postmus, Judy L.; Lee, Inseon
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, v21 n5 p593-611 2012
Using data collected from a sample of adult women (n = 234), this study examined the relationship between the experience and disclosure of childhood sexual abuse and subsequent adult sexual violence. Multivariate analyses revealed that physical force during the childhood sexual abuse experience was significant in both children's decisions to disclose as well as in adult revictimization experiences. Furthermore, childhood disclosures were significantly associated with adulthood disclosures about revictimization, but only when there was no action following the childhood disclosure. The implications for enhancing training and education about understanding and responding to children and women's disclosures about sexual violence are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Violence, Females, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Adults, Disclosure, Multivariate Analysis, Correlation, Children, Victims
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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