@article{ref1,
title="Factors linked to outcomes in sexually abused girls: a regression tree analysis",
journal="Comprehensive psychiatry",
year="2006",
author="Hebert, Meg and Collin-Vézina, Delphine and Daigneault, Isabelle and Parent, Nathalie and Tremblay, Caroline",
volume="47",
number="6",
pages="443-455",
abstract="Children who report sexual abuse (SA) have been found to display a range of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. In the present study, a tree-based analysis was used to derive models predicting the variability of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems as well as dissociation symptoms in SA girls. Participants were 150 girls aged 4 to 12 years referred to a specialized pediatric clinic after disclosure of SA. The potential predictors taken into account included sociodemographic and abuse-related variables as well as maternal and family characteristics. The models obtained point to prior abuse as a salient variable in predicting outcomes of SA girls. Implications for the treatment for children disclosing SA are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-440X",
doi="10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.02.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.02.008"
}