@article{ref1,
title="The Implications of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Adult Social Behavior",
journal="Journal of family violence",
year="2001",
author="Abdulrehman, Rehman Y. and De Luca, Rayleen V.",
volume="16",
number="2",
pages="193-203",
abstract="Research indicates that childhood sexual abuse creates many long-term psychological difficulties, which may impair social behavior. These problems include anxiety, fear, depression, self-hatred, alienation, and suicidal tendencies. It was hypothesized that childhood sexual abuse would produce impaired social behavior in adults sexually abused as children. Two hundred and twenty-two male and female introductory psychology students from the University of Manitoba completed the Rand Corporation's Social Health Battery (1978), Linn's Social Dysfunction Rating Scale (1969), and a shortened version of Finkelhor's Sexual Victimization Survey (1979). Participants who experienced childhood sexual abuse exhibited impaired social behavior, which included fewer friends and social contacts, and more social adjustment problems. The importance of early intervention for children who experienced sexual abuse was discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Family Violence, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Springer)Childhood VictimizationLong-Term EffectsChild Abuse EffectsChild Abuse VictimChild Sexual Abuse EffectsChild Sexual Abuse VictimSexual Assault EffectsSexual Assault VictimChild VictimVictim AdjustmentAdult SurvivorAdult AdjustmentPsychological Victimization EffectsAdult AnxietyAdult FearAdult DepressionAlienationSelf-HatredFear CausesDepression CausesVictim DepressionEmotional AdjustmentSocial BehaviorAdult Behavior06-01<p />",
language="",
issn="0885-7482",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}