Citation

Ho TP, Mak FL. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Psychiatry 1992; 26(4): 639-643.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1476530

Abstract

This is a retrospective study of 134 cases of sexual abuse in Chinese children aged 16 years or under in Hong Kong. The data with respect to the victim's age, sex, severity and type (intra- or extrafamilial) of abuse, perpetrator's characteristics and family disturbances were analysed. The overall profile is similar to that reported in the West. The reasons for the apparently low prevalence, younger age of victim and low proportion of male victims are discussed.

Language: en