Gender Differences in Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse Experiences among Young Teens

Autor/inn/en	Edinburgh, Laurel; Saewyc, Elizabeth; Levitt, Carolyn
Titel	Gender Differences in Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse Experiences among Young Teens
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 22 (2006) 5, S.278-284 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/10598405060220050601
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse; Females; Attention Deficit Disorders; Early Adolescents; Child Advocacy; Gender Differences; Correlation; Victims of Crime; At Risk Persons; Substance Abuse; Runaways; Attendance Patterns; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Peer Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Screening Tests; Alcohol Abuse; Age Differences; Violence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Weibliches Geschlecht; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Kinder- und Jugendanwaltschaft; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Risikogruppe; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Ausreißer; Peer-Beziehungen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Screening-Verfahren; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Gewalt
Abstract	Extrafamilial sexual abuse experiences of young adolescents (ages 10-14), particularly young teen boys, are not well studied. This retrospective chart review study compared psychosocial correlates and victimization experiences between young adolescent girls (n = 226) and boys (n = 64) referred to a hospital child advocacy center. Several differences in risk behaviors and abuse experiences were found: Girls were more likely to have run away, to be truant from school, to report substance use, to have multiple perpetrators, and to have physical findings from the abuse. Boys were more likely to have a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder and to report anal penetration, and rarely disclosed abuse at the time of the incident. Peers were girls' most common choice for disclosing abuse, whereas boys confided most often in their mothers or other adults. These findings suggest sexually abused young adolescent girls and boys need distinct, developmentally appropriate screening and care in school and health care settings. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10