A total of 131 adolescents (72 females and 58 males) between the ages of 16 and 18 were recruited for the study from a U.S. Department of Labor Job Corps facility. They were referred to this facility by a department of human services or juvenile court because of their recent discharge from inpatient care with no other alternative residence. Forty-two of the participants (24 females and 18 males) were determined to have been physically abused. Thirty-nine participants (28 females and 11 males) were identified as having been sexually abused. In addition to abuse history, assessment tools provided information on family environment characteristics and current adjustment. The study found that physically abused adolescent females perceived their family environments to be more conflictual and less cohesive than females who had not been physically abused; and sexually abused females perceived their family environments as more conflictual and less cohesive than females who had not been sexually abused. Physically abused adolescent males reported more family conflict than males who had not been physically abused, but they did not differ in perceptions of family cohesion. Adolescent males with and without a sexual abuse history did not differ on family dynamics. Multiple regression analyses found that both family conflict and cohesion, in addition to a history of sexual and physical abuse, predicted depression and distress in the participants. Different types of abuse predicted different types of adjustment for males and females. There is some indication that family cohesion may be a better predictor of depression for males; whereas, conflict is a better predictor for females. Conflict is the better predictor of distress for both genders. 3 tables and 53 references