Emotion Dysregulation and Risky Sexual Behavior in Revictimization

Autor/inn/en	Messman-Moore, Terri L.; Walsh, Kate L.; DiLillo, David
Titel	Emotion Dysregulation and Risky Sexual Behavior in Revictimization
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 34 (2010) 12, S.967-976 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.06.004
Schlagwörter	Contraception; Rape; Child Abuse; Risk; Adolescents; Sexuality; Emotional Disturbances; Victims of Crime; Sexual Abuse; Surveys; Case Studies; Adults; Path Analysis; Drinking; Drug Use; Dating (Social); Predictor Variables; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Empfängnisverhütung; Sexueller Missbrauch; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Risiko; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Gefühlsstörung; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Pfadanalyse; Trinken; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Prädiktor
Abstract	Objective: The current study examined emotion dysregulation as a mechanism underlying risky sexual behavior and sexual revictimization among adult victims of child sexual abuse (CSA) and child physical abuse (CPA). Methods: Participants were 752 college women. Victimization history, emotion dysregulation, and risky sexual behavior were assessed with anonymous, self-report surveys utilizing a cross-sectional design. Results: Approximately 6.3% of participants reported CSA, 25.5% reported CPA, and 17.8% reported rape during adolescence or adulthood. CSA and CPA were associated with increased risk for adolescent/adult rape; 29.8% of CSA victims and 24.3% of CPA victims were revictimized. Path analytic models tested hypothesized relationships among child abuse, emotion dysregulation, adolescent/adult rape and three forms of risky sexual behavior (e.g., failure to use condoms, contraception, or having sex with someone under the influence of alcohol/drugs), including frequency of risky sexual behavior with a regular dating partner, with a stranger, and lifetime number of intercourse partners. Emotion dysregulation mediated revictimization for both CSA and CPA. Emotion dysregulation also predicted lifetime number of sexual partners and frequency of risky sex with a stranger, but not frequency of risky sex with a regular dating partner. Conclusions: Findings suggest that emotion dysregulation is a distal predictor, and risky sex, particularly with lesser known partners, is a proximal predictor of sexual revictimization. Because emotion dysregulation also maintained a significant direct path to revictimization, risky sexual behavior appears to be one of several proximal risk factors for revictimization. Practice implications: Findings confirm that emotion dysregulation is a critical pathway to more proximal risk factors such as risky sexual behavior, and suggest that clinical interventions aimed at improving emotion dysregulation may help reduce risky sexual behavior and risk for revictimization. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10