The aims of this study were to examine the extent to which exposure to childhood sexual abuse (CSA) was associated with increased rates of sexual risk taking behaviors and sexual revictimization during adolescence.A birth cohort of 520 New Zealand born young women was studied at regular intervals...
Associations between self-reported coercive sexual behavior against adult females, childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and child-parent attachment styles, as well as attachment with adult romantic partners, were examined among 176 adult community males. Attachment style with each parent and with romantic part...
We explored the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse among adult gay and bisexual men and measured the association between childhood sexual abuse and high-risk sexual behavior in adulthood. Two separate population-based samples of gay and bisexual men ( n = 1,941) residing in Portland and Tucs...
The purpose of this national survey was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of Canadian health and social services professionals about the occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in children and its implications for child sexual abuse. A mailed questionnaire was sent to a randomly sele...
This study examined the relationships between self-reported childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and drug-related outcomes in an Australian twin panel.A semi-structured psychiatric interview was conducted in 1996-2000 by telephone with young adult Australian twins (mean age 29.9 years). Data reported here ...
Objective To present accounts of the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and social, family, and related factors that are associated with increased risk of CSA, using data gathered during an 18-year longitudinal study of a New Zealand birth cohort. Method A birth cohort of more than 1...
We examined the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and interviewees' recollections of pathogenic parenting, testing for possible retrospective biases in the recollections of those who have experienced CSA.Information about CSA, parental divorce and interviewees' recollections of parental rej...
Anecdotal reports link adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm delivery, to women with histories of childhood sexual abuse. Although little research has been conducted on this subject, we provide an overview of known health effects of violence against women and posit a biological explanation for ...
The term "sexual abuse" is often used interchangeably with the term "sexual violence", which may take various forms, the most common being voyeurism, manipulation near the genitals and incest. Sexual abuse carries many negative consequences for the physical and mental health of a child. As a ...
Of 327 homosexual and bisexual men participating in an ongoing cohort study pertaining to risk factors for HIV infection who completed a survey regarding history of sexual abuse, 116 (35.5%) reported being sexually abused as children. Those abused were more likely to have more lifetime male par...