TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Adult profiles of child sexual abuse survivors: attachment insecurity, sexual compulsivity, and sexual avoidance
JO  - Journal of sex and marital therapy
A1  - Labadie, Chloé
A1  - Godbout, Natacha
A1  - Vaillancourt-Morel, Marie-Pier
A1  - Sabourin, Stephane
SP  - 354
EP  - 369
VL  - 44
IS  - 4
N2  - The present study examined the possibility of different groups of CSA survivors based on their different patterns of attachment and sexual problems. A sample of 324 CSA survivors and 484 participants who did not report any child maltreatment experiences completed online questionnaires. A cluster analysis on attachment and sexual outcomes revealed that CSA survivors formed two distinct profiles. The first profile included CSA survivors with elevated attachment anxiety and low to moderate scores on attachment avoidance, sexual compulsion, and sexual avoidance. The second profile comprised CSA survivors with high scores on attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, sexual compulsion and sexual avoidance. These groups were then compared on CSA severity, gender differences and other child maltreatment experiences. As compared to CSA survivors of the first profile, survivors from the second profile reported more intrusive and extra-familial CSA, higher rates of psychological maltreatment and witnessed parental violence, as well as more personal and couple distress. These results suggest that CSA survivors form a heterogeneous population and that sexual abuse is differentially associated with the complex unfolding of the attachment and sexual systems within two distinct subgroups.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0092-623X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0092623X.2017.1405302
ID  - ref1
ER  -