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Introduction
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Child sexual abuse and women's sexual lives: A brief review of the literature
The prevalence rate of child sexual abuse in Australia, as in other countries, varies because it is determined by the way sexual abuse is defined and measured (1-3). For example, narrow definitions require sexual penetration which result in lower prevalence rates whereas broader definitions include non-penetrative acts of abuse. Other factors influencing definitions include restrictions on the
K Birchmore,
N Moulding,
C. Zufferey
Eat, Sleep, Work , 54–62
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conditions.Results:DSH last year was reported by 22.3% of the adolescents, and by more girls (28.8%) than boys (15.9%). All 12 concurrent adversities were related strongly to DSH last year. Deliberate self-harmers reported twice as many concurrent adversities as non-DSHs, and a large effect size (Cohen’s d = 0.80) indicated a strong multiple additive relationship, but among DSHs no ethnic or gender differences were found. Multivariately, among Sami youth sexual abuse [odds ratio (OR), 8.4] was strongly related to
Bjørn Reigstad,
Siv Kvernmo
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology , ISSUE 3, 92–103
Research Article
Parenting among those who use non-illicit and more common drugs such as cigarettes remains an understudied area for investigation. Secondary data analyses were performed in 2015 on a prospective study with parent and twin data available on n=3,009 individual members of female twin pairs born between July 1975 and June 1985 identified from Missouri-state birth records. Maternal smoking when the twins were 3+ years of age remained a significant predictor of offspring report of childhood sexual
Mini Tandon,
Julia D. Grant,
Pamela A.F. Madden,
Kathleen K. Bucholz,
Andrew C. Heath
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology , ISSUE 2, 52–54
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Objective:The present study investigated the relationship between different types of childhood maltreatment (emotional abuse, sexual abuse, multiple abuse types, and no abuse) and the occurrence of later traumatic events during later adolescence and young adulthood.Method:Data were collected from a Danish national study conducted by The Danish National Centre for Social Research in 2008 and 2009. A sample of 4718 young adults who were 24 years old was randomly selected using the total birth
Katie Schouwenaars,
Siobhan Murphy,
Ask Elklit
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology , ISSUE 3, 115–122
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Background:Adolescents who initiate treatment for substance abuse often have a history of victimization in the form of physical, psychological, or sexual abuse. These experiences can have serious adverse consequences that may affect their lives and social functioning.Objective:This article describes and analyzes victimization among adolescents who are in outpatient treatment for substance abuse disorders with respect to gender, social circumstances, alcohol and drug abuse, and mental
Mats Anderberg,
Mikael Dahlberg
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology , ISSUE 3, 123–131
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. For the majority of these patients (80.2%), sexual abuse was the only concern. The children presented diverse psychological and somatic symptoms and problems. Psychosocial functioning was in general not properly described in the records. Four out of five of the children were referred to services for follow up after the first examination in the child abuse management unit. Only 36% of the children were referred to child protective services.This study revealed that psychosocial functioning is seldom
Hanne K. Greger,
Thomas Jozefiak,
Arne K. Myhre
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology , ISSUE 2, 51–62