Citation

Feinauer LL. Women Ther. 1988; 7(4): 89-107.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J015V07N04_07

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Investigated long-term emotional effects experienced by 46 sexually abused women receiving therapy and compared this group with 230 nonabused women who received psychotherapy and 34 women who had not. All 3 groups (mean age 26 yrs) were randomly selected from 350 client files of a nonprofit university affiliated clinic specializing in marriage and family therapy. Each S completed the SCL-90—R. Results indicate that Ss who had been abused as children continued to have emotional effects related to their experiences and that the most devastating effects appeared when the victims were abused by a trusted person who was known to them. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)