The literature consistently demonstrates evidence that child sexual abuse survivors are at
greater risk of victimization later in life than the general population. This phenomenon is …

Childhood exposure to victimization is prevalent and has been shown to contribute to
significant immediate and long‐term psychological distress and functional impairment …

Background The relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the breadth
of exposure to childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction …

Background: More than a third of the approximately 10 million women with histories of
interpersonal violence in the United States develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

The present study sought to examine features of sexual abuse cases among a US nationally
representative sample of 13,052 children and adolescents, ages 0–17 years. The National …

Our comprehensive meta-analysis combined prevalence figures of childhood sexual abuse
(CSA) reported in 217 publications published between 1980 and 2008, including 331 …

Objective. This review article summarizes empirical research on resilience in survivors of
child sexual abuse (CSA) and discusses protective factors that are associated with adaptive …

Objectives. We compared the likelihood of childhood sexual abuse (under age 18), parental
physical abuse, and peer victimization based on sexual orientation. Methods. We conducted …

Childhood abuse and neglect are associated with dissociative symptoms in adulthood.
However, empirical studies show heterogeneous results depending on the type of childhood …

Background: The relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the
breadth of exposure to childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and household …