TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Self-destructive and delinquent behaviors of adolescent female victims of child sexual abuse: rates and covariates in clinical and nonclinical samples
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Wright, J.
A1  - Friedrich, William
A1  - Cinq-Mars, Caroline
A1  - Cyr, Mireille
A1  - McDuff, P.
SP  - 627
EP  - 643
VL  - 19
IS  - 6
N2  - Self-destructive and delinquent behaviors were assessed in three samples of adolescent females. The first sample (N=140) were substantiated victims of sexual abuse recruited from clinical settings. They were contrasted to a second sample (N=430) of secondary school students, and a third sample from the same school setting (N=94), that reported that they had been sexually abused. Few differences were found between the two groups of sexually abused girls, and both groups reported significantly more at-risk behaviors than nonabused girls. Family adversity was a consistent predictor of both self-destructive and delinquent behaviors. However, violence during the abuse, lower quality mother-daughter relationships, and depression were also related to self-destructive behaviors, while family economic problems and self-blame for the abuse were the only correlates of delinquent behavior.
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -