@article{ref1,
title="Mediators of the long-term impact of child sexual abuse: perceived stigma, betrayal, powerlessness, and self-blame",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="1996",
author="Coffey, Patricia and Leitenberg, H. and Henning, Kris and Turner, T. and Bennett, R. T.",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="447-455",
abstract="Using a community sample of 192 adult women who had been sexually abused during childhood, the present study tested the hypothesis that perceived stigma, betrayal, powerlessness, and self-blame mediate the long-term effects of child sexual abuse. A path analysis indicated that the level of psychological distress currently experienced by adult women who had been sexually abused in childhood was mediated by feelings of stigma and self-blame. This result provides partial support for Finkelhor and Browne's (1985) traumagenic dynamics model of child sexual abuse. The limitations of the study are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}