Citation

Hébert M, Moreau C, Blais M, Lavoie F, Guerrier M. J. Child Adolesc. Trauma 2017; 10(1): 51-61.

Affiliation

Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s40653-016-0119-7

PMID

29308104

PMCID

PMC5756079

Abstract

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is identified as a significant risk factor for later victimization in the context of adult intimate relationships, but less is known about the risk associated with CSA in early romantic relationships. This paper aims to document the association between CSA and teen dating victimization in a large representative sample of Quebec high-school students. As part of the Youths' Romantic Relationships Project, 8,194 teens completed measures on CSA and psychological, physical and sexual dating violence. After controlling for other interpersonal traumas, results show that CSA contributed to all three forms of dating victimization among both boys and girls. The heightened risk of revictimization appears to be stronger for male victims of CSA. Intervention and prevention efforts are clearly needed to reduce the vulnerability of male and female victims of sexual abuse who are entering the crucial phase of adolescence and first romantic relationships.

Language: en

Keywords

dating violence; interpersonal trauma; revictimization; sexual abuse