Citation

Jonzon EMC, Lindblad F. J. Interpers. Violence 2005; 20(6): 651-666.

Affiliation

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260504272427

PMID

15851534

Abstract

This study examined the impact of child sexual abuse and disclosure characteristics on adult psychological and psychosomatic symptoms. Data on abuse characteristics, disclosure-related events, and subjective health were collected through semistructured interviews and questionnaires from 123 adult women reporting having been sexually abused in childhood by someone close. The results indicate that disclosure-related events have a stronger relation than abuse characteristics to long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse. In particular, a positive reaction from a partner was related to fewer symptoms. Of the abuse characteristics, exposure also to physical abuse was strongly associated to psychological sequelae.

Language: en