Citation

Schötensack K, Elliger T, Gross A, Nissen G. Acta Paedopsychiatr. 1992; 55(4): 211-216.

Affiliation

Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, International Association for Child Psychiatry and Allied Professions, European Union for Child Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1492550

Abstract

A survey of the prevalence of sexual abuse of children in two different areas of Germany (Würzburg - former West Germany and Leipzig - former East Germany) was conducted using a multiple screen questionnaire. The sample consisted of 1841 students from different institutions in Würzburg and 310 students from vocational schools in Leipzig (n = 2151). Data on a similar number of males and females were recorded. Problems of definition, sample characteristics and methodology are discussed. Sexual abuse was reported by 16.1% of the women and 5.8% of the men in the Würzburg sample and 9.6% and 5.8%, respectively, in the Leipzig sample. More comparable subsamples showed less discrepancy in the prevalence rates for women in the two cities.

Language: en