Citation

Rao K, DiClemente RJ, Ponton LE. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 1992; 31(5): 880-886.

Affiliation

Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1400121

Abstract

This retrospective chart review study of a child sexual abuse clinic compared a consecutive sample of substantiated sexual abuse cases of Asian victims with random samples of black, white, and Hispanic victims. The findings suggest that there are clinically relevant differences between Asians and the other three populations. Asian victims showed a distinct demographic profile, suffered less physically invasive forms of abuse, were more likely to express suicidality, less likely to display anger and sexual acting out, and had less supportive primary caretakers than non-Asians. Awareness of such ethnic differences will help clinicians better evaluate and treat minority victims.

Language: en