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A retrospective study of long-term methods of coping with having been sexually abused during childhood
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Methods of coping with childhood sexual abuse were retrospectively studied in a community sample of 54 adult women who had been sexually abused in childhood. From the time the abuse ended until the present, "denial" and "emotional suppression" were the coping methods most commonly employed of the nine methods measured. One purpose of this study was to determine if the methods used to cope with the aftermath of being sexually abused during childhood were associated with current psychological adjustment beyond what could be predicted by the characteristics of the abusive experience per se. A partial correlation analysis and a multiple regression analysis suggested that avoidant/emotion suppressing coping strategies although frequently used and rated by subjects as helpful, were in fact associated with poorer adult psychological adjustment.
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“results indicated that, in this sample, suppression was used more frequently than other strategies, and it was negatively associated with psychological adjustment after controlling for multiple characteristics (e.g., age when abuse began, duration) of sexual abuse (Leitenberg et al., 1992).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Leitenberg, H., Greenwald, E., & Cado, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Vermont (US)
- Corresponding author
- Leitenberg, Harold
- Venue
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1992-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 399-407
- ISSN
- 0145-2134 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2039305198
- Cited by
- 145
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 6.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Abuse & Neglect (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Military, Security, and Education Studies
- Keywords
- child sexual abuse, coping strategies, denial, emotional suppression, avoidance, psychological adjustment, long-term adjustment, abuse characteristics
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Child Abuse, Sexual, Denial, Psychological, Emotions, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Social Support, Time Factors
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