Association of Sexual Revictimization with Sexuality and Psychological Function

Autor/inn/en	Miner, Michael H.; Flitter, Jill M. Klotz; Robinson, Beatrice E.
Titel	Association of Sexual Revictimization with Sexuality and Psychological Function
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21 (2006) 4, S.503-524 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260505285913
Schlagwörter	Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Females; Emotional Problems; Sexuality; Sexual Abuse; Victims of Crime; African Americans; Low Income Groups; Risk + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sexualität; Sexueller Missbrauch; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Afroamerikaner; Risiko
Abstract	This study explores the associations of sexual revictimization (experiencing sexual abuse in childhood and adulthood) in a sample of 230 African American women who are low-income. Data indicate that women who experience sexual revictimization are more at risk for emotional stress and psychological pathology than women with no history of abuse. In addition, women who are revictimized appear to be at greater risk for emotional problems than women sexually abused only as a child or sexually assaulted only as adults. Revictimization also appears to be associated with an increased probability of engaging in prostitution, even higher than women with childhood- or adult-only victimization, who showed increased probability when compared to women never abused. Finally, women who are revictimized showed increased HIV risk, in that they were 4 times less likely than other women to consistently use condoms, but no more likely to be in monogamous relationships or less likely to have multiple partners. (Contains 3 tables, 1 figure, and 1 endnote.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10