@article{ref1,
title="Gender differences in symptoms of adolescents reporting sexual assault",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="1998",
author="Darves-Bornoz, Jean-Michel and Choquet, Marie and Ledoux, S. and Gasquet, Isabelle and Manfredi, R.",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="111-117",
abstract="Sexual assault on children and adolescents has become a common topic of study, but there has been little research into the specific characteristics of the population of male victims. A national survey representative of school-age adolescents in France enabled us to study 465 adolescents reporting sexual assault (121 boys, 344 girls; mean age 15.4, SD 2.5 years). Girls were shown to be more frequently affected by certain medicopsychological symptoms: nightmares, multiple somatic complaints and some items concerning mood disorders. On the other hand, behavioural symptoms were much more frequently expressed in boys, in particular: repeated suicide attempts, running away, fits of violence and substance use. Boys presenting these symptoms should be questioned as a matter of routine concerning a history of sexual assault.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}