Citation

Ng AHN, Boey KW, Kwan CW, Ho RYF, Ho DYL. Int. J. Sex. Health 2022; 34(2): 177-196.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/19317611.2021.2022819

PMID

38596530

PMCID

PMC10903682

Abstract

Sexual self-concept (SSC) is an important component of health that is closely associated with the well-being of survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA). Compared with non-CSA respondents, SSC of CSA survivors was deleteriously affected, resulting in ineffective psychological functioning (negative self-evaluation, psychological ill-health, and difficulties in interpersonal relationships). Negative SSC (sexual anxiety, sexual depression, and sexual fear) played a significant role in mediating the adverse effects of CSA on psychological functioning. Future studies may recruit a sample with greater variation in CSA characteristics and use externalizing problems as outcome measures to cross-validate findings of this study.

Language: en

Keywords

Child sexual abuse; female survivors; psychological functioning; sexual self-concept