Citation

Briere J, Runtz MG. Child Abuse Negl. 1990; 14(3): 357-364.

Affiliation

University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2207804

Abstract

Using scales specifically developed for this purpose, the present study examined university women's retrospective reports of childhood sexual, physical, and psychological abuse as they related to three types of current psychosocial dysfunction. Multivariate analysis revealed that, as hypothesized, history of psychological abuse was uniquely associated with low self-esteem, physical abuse was linked to aggression toward others, and sexual abuse was specifically related to maladaptive sexual behavior. This analysis also indicated that although there were unique effects of each type of abuse, physical and emotional abuse were often present together--a combination associated with generalized psychosocial problems.

Language: en