Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

Yancey, C. Thresa; Hansen, David J.

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2010.07.003

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“…Our results showed that the more distant the relationship between the child and the perpetrator, the more likely the child is to present externalizing problems. This result was unexpected and contrary to what is reported in the literature (Yancey & Hansen, 2010). It is important to remain critical about this result, considering the distribution of the variable (only 2% of the sample had been abused by a stranger and 73% by a family member).…”

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“…One hypothesis could be that the more distant perpetrators (e.g. stranger) are more likely to use force to perpetrate the acts of abuse (Fischer & McDonald, 1998) and that this violence is associated with greater externalizing symptoms (Yancey & Hansen, 2010). However, the use of force did not correlate with any of the studied variables.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…Being a girl seems to be associated with longer duration of SA and a closer perpetrator (Coohey, 2010;Soylu et al, 2016;Villeneuve Cyr & Hébert, 2011). These characteristics may negatively influence SA outcomes (Hébert, Tremblay, Parent, Daignault, & Piché, 2006;Yancey & Hansen, 2010).…”

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Gender as a predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms and externalizing behavior problems in sexually abused children

Gauthier-Duchesne

Hébert

Daspe

2017

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Despite the proliferation of studies documenting outcomes in sexually abused victims, gender differences remain understudied. The bulk of studies have relied on retrospective samples of adults with insufficient representation of male victims to explore gender specificities. This study examined differential outcomes among boy and girl victims of sexual abuse. A predictive model of outcomes including abuse characteristics and sense of guilt as mediators was proposed. Path analysis was conducted with a sample of 447 sexually abused children (319 girls and 128 boys), aged 6 to 12. Being a girl was a predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms, while being a boy was a predictor of externalizing problems. Being a boy was also associated with more severe abuse, which in turn predicted posttraumatic stress symptoms. Child's gender was not related to perpetrator's relationship to the child or sense of guilt. However, sense of guilt predicted posttraumatic stress symptoms and externalizing problems while perpetrator's relationship to the child predicted externalizing problems. Gender specificities should be further studied among sexually abused children, as boys and girls appear to manifest different outcomes. Sense of guilt should be a target in intervention for sexually abused children, as results highlight its link to heightened negative outcomes.

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Gender as a predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms and externalizing behavior problems in sexually abused children

Gauthier-Duchesne

Hébert

Daspe

2017

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…! family breakdown (Alaggia, 2004;Staller, & Nelson-Gardell, 2005); this was especially true when the abuser was a family member (Yancey, & Hansen, 2010).…”

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The Disclosure Experiences of Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors

Gagnier

Collin‐Vézina

2016

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

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“…Most importantly, this elucidated the unique effect of the father-child relationship. Past studies had delineated the influence of the mother-child relationship (Cyr et al 2003;Plummer and Eastin 2007;Rakow et al 2011) or the global parental relationship (Bolen and Lamb 2007;Tremblay et al 1999;Yancey and Hansen 2010) on children's outcomes. Yet, until now few studies had more specifically explored the possible influence of the father-child relationship on children's recovery following disclosure of sexual abuse.…”

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Security in Father-child Relationship and Behavior Problems in Sexually Abused Children

Parent-Boursier

Hébert

2014

J Fam Viol

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While the influence of mother-child relationships on children's recovery following sexual abuse has been documented, less is known about the possible contribution of father-child relationships on outcomes. The present study explored the contribution of children's perception of security in their relationship to the father on internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, while controlling for sociodemographic variables and variables associated with the mother-child relationship. Participants were 142 children who disclosed sexual abuse involving a perpetrator other than the biological father. Regression analyses indicated that children's perception of security to fathers contributed to the prediction of parental reports of children's behavior problems, even after controlling for maternal psychological distress and perception of security to mothers. KeywordsChild sexual abuse; perception of security to fathers; perception of security to mothers; psychological distress Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a widespread social problem that affects children and adolescents, both boys and girls. Prevalence of CSA occurring in childhood (i.e. before the age of 18) is established at 18% for women and 8% for men (Stoltenborgh et al. 2011). Among all substantiated reports of child abuse in the US, 9% involve CSA, meaning that more than 63 000 children per year are reported to public services for sexual abuse (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2010). Numerous studies have shown that child victims of sexual abuse are more likely to demonstrate negative emotional, psychological, and social outcomes compared with non-abused children (Guelzow et al. 2002; Hébert et al. 2006a, b;Swanston et al. 2003;Walrath et al. 2003). However, outcomes following the disclosure of CSA have been described as quite diverse (Hébert et al. 2006a, b;Paolucci et al. 2001) and empirical reports have identified factors associated with variability of outcomes. Some studies revealed that abuse-related characteristics such as the duration (chronic) and severity of acts (penetration), the perpetrator's identity (intra-familial perpetrator) as well as the use of coercion have been related to more detrimental outcomes (Hulme and Agrawal 2004;Merrill et al. 2001). However, other studies have failed to identify a link between abuse-related variables and children's symptoms (Bal et al. 2004 CIHR Author ManuscriptCIHR Author Manuscript CIHR Author Manuscript Bennett et al. 2000; Romano and De Luca 2001), highlighting the need to consider other variables that may contribute to outcomes in child victims of CSA.Authors argue that familial factors, such as quality of attachment to parents, parental capacity to support the child following disclosure, and family characteristics (e.g., cohesion and conflict), can influence a child's capacity to cope with sexual abuse. On this matter, a study by Ray and Jackson (1997) found that adult survivors of CSA were better able to cope with the situation when the family environment was evaluated as being cohesive....

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Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

Cited by 91 publications

References 61 publications

Gender as a predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms and externalizing behavior problems in sexually abused children

Gender as a predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms and externalizing behavior problems in sexually abused children

The Disclosure Experiences of Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors

Security in Father-child Relationship and Behavior Problems in Sexually Abused Children

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