TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Abuse-specific self-schemas and self-functioning: A prospective study of sexually abused youth
JO  - Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology
A1  - Feiring, Candice
A1  - Cleland, Charles M.
A1  - Simon, Valerie A.
SP  - 35
EP  - 50
VL  - 39
IS  - 1
N2  - Potential pathways from childhood sexual abuse (CSA) to negative self-schemas to subsequent dissociative symptoms and low global self-esteem were examined in a prospective longitudinal study of 160 ethnically diverse youth with confirmed CSA histories. Participants were interviewed at the time of abuse discovery, when they were 8 to 15 years of age, and again 1 and 6 years later. Abuse-specific indicators of stigmatization, in particular the combination of shame and self-blame more than general self-blame attributions for everyday events, explained which youth with CSA histories experienced more dissociative symptoms and clinically significant levels of dissociation. Abuse-specific stigmatization was found to operate as a prospective mechanism for subsequent dissociative symptoms but not self-esteem.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1537-4416
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374410903401112
ID  - ref1
ER  -