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Child sexual abuse, peer sexual abuse, and sexual assault in adulthood: A multi‐risk model of revictimization
Author(s) -
Maker Azmaira Hamid,
Kemmelmeier Markus,
Peterson Christopher
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1023/a:1011173103684
Subject(s) - sexual abuse , child sexual abuse , poison control , psychosocial , psychology , child abuse , psychiatry , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , injury prevention , medicine , medical emergency
This study explored the predictors and consequences of sexual assault occurring after the age of 16 years in a nonclinical sample of women. Child sexual abuse occurring before the age of 16 years was the only predictor of later sexual assault among comorbid risk factors. Peer sexual abuse, number of perpetrators, age at time of sexual abuse, and severity of sexual abuse did not increase the risk for later sexual assault. Adult sexual assault victims showed lower levels of mental health functioning than did survivors of child or peer sexual abuse. We discuss a specificity model of revictimization and the differential effects of child, peer, and adult sexual trauma on the developmental trajectory of sexual violence and psychosocial functioning.