Citation

Godbout N, Sabourin S, Lussier Y. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 2007; 39(1): 46-59.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1037/cjbs2007004

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The goal of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between child sexual abuse and men's dyadic adjustment, using a theoretical model integrating attachment, that is anxiety about abandonment and avoidance of proximity, and psychological distress. Participants were 316 men forming a probabilistic sample of French-Quebecer living in couple. Structural equation analyses showed that sexual abuse predicted dyadic adjustment through anxiety about abandonment and psychological distress. Moreover, there was no relationship between sexual abuse and avoidance of proximity, while this variable was associated to dyadic adjustment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

Attachment Behavior; Child Abuse; Dyads; Human Males; Marital Satisfaction; Sexual Abuse