@article{ref1,
title="The prevalence of child sexual abuse in community and student samples: A meta-analysis",
journal="Clinical psychology review",
year="2009",
author="Pereda, N. and Guilera, Georgina and Forns, M. and Gómez-Benito, Juana",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="328-338",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Studies conducted internationally confirm that child sexual abuse is a much more widespread problem than previously thought, with even the lowest prevalence rates including a large number of victims that need to be taken into account. OBJECTIVE: To carry out a meta-analysis of the prevalence of child sexual abuse in order to establish an overall international figure. METHODS: Studies were retrieved from various electronic databases. The measure of interest was the prevalence of abuse reported in each article, these values being combined via a random effects model. A detailed analysis was conducted of the effects of various moderator variables. RESULTS: Sixty-five articles covering 22 countries were included. The analysis showed that 7.9% of men (7.4% without outliers) and 19.7% of women (19.2% without outliers) had suffered some form of sexual abuse prior to the age of eighteen. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present meta-analysis indicate that child sexual abuse is a serious problem in the countries analysed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0272-7358",
doi="10.1016/j.cpr.2009.02.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2009.02.007"
}