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. 2009 Jul;33(7):412-20.
doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.09.013. Epub 2009 Jul 10.

Sexual and physical revictimization among victims of severe childhood sexual abuse

Jaclyn E Barnes  1 , Jennie G Noll, Frank W Putnam, Penelope K Trickett
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Sexual and physical revictimization among victims of severe childhood sexual abuse

Jaclyn E Barnes et al. Child Abuse Negl. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: This 15-year prospective, longitudinal study examines adolescent and young-adult female self-reports of traumatic sexual and physical experiences occurring subsequent to substantiated childhood sexual abuse-revictimizations (N=89).

Method: These incidences were contrasted to sexual and physical victimizations reported by a group of non-abused comparison females (N=90).

Results: Abused females were almost twice as likely to have experienced sexual revictimization (odds=1.99+/-2.79, p<.05), and physical revictimization (odds=1.96+/-2.58, p<.05) as compared to victimization rates reported by comparison females. Abused females' revictimizations were also more likely to have been perpetrated by older, non-peers and characterized by physical injury than were victimizations reported by comparison females.

Conclusion: Early childhood sexual abuse may provide information regarding the level of risk for recurrent sexual and physical victimization.

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