The present analysis explored
the contribution of personal (resilience), familial (maternal and paternal
support, sibling support) and extra-familial (peer support, other adult) to the
prediction of clinical levels of PTSD symptoms in teenagers reporting sexual
abuse while controlling for abuse-related variables (type of abuse, severity,
and multiple abuse).
In a representative sample of high schools students in the
province of Quebec, a total of 15.2% of high school girls and 4.4% of high
school boys reported a history of child sexual abuse. Sexually abused girls
(27.8%) were more likely than boys (14.9%) to obtain scores reaching clinical
levels of PTSD symptoms. A logistic hierarchical regression revealed that over
and above the characteristics of the sexual abuse experienced, resilience,
maternal as well as peer support contributed to the prediction of symptoms of
PTSD reaching the clinical threshold.
Avenues for intervention practices and
prevention among adolescent victims of sexual assault are discussed.
Table 1
Type of Sexual Abuse Experienced and Perpetrators Involved
| Girls | Boys | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touching | (n = 543) | (n = 100) | (n = 643) |
| Intra-familial | (n = 156) 28.7% | (n = 23) 23.0% | (n = 179) 27.8% |
| Known assailant | (n = 353) 65.0% | (n = 75) 75.0% | (n = 428) 66.6% |
| Unknown assailant | (n = 143) 26.3% | (n = 32) 32.0% | (n = 175) 27.2% |
| Penetration | (n = 215) | (n = 51) | (n = 266) |
| Intra-familial | (n = 70) 32.6% | (n = 16) 31.4% | (n = 86) 32.3% |
| Known assailant | (n = 140) 65.1% | (n = 39) 76.5% | (n = 179) 67.3% |
| Unknown assailant | (n = 61) 28.4% | (n = 22) 43.1% | (n = 83) 31.2% |
| Touching and/or penetration | (n = 573) | (n = 121) | (n = 694) |
| Intra-familial | (n = 173) 30.2% | (n = 32) 26.5% | (n 205) 29.5% |
| Known assailant | (n = 382) 66.7% | (n = 92) 76.0% | (n 474) 68.3% |
| Unknown assailant | (n = 166) 29.0% | (n = 46) 38.0% | (n = 212) 30.6% |
Full article at: http://goo.gl/61VYWF
By:
1Département de sexologie, UQAM, Montréal,
Québec, Canada
2École de psychologie, Université Laval,
Québec, Canada
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