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NCJ Number:	165025

Title:	Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adult Loneliness and Network Orientation

Journal:	Child Abuse and Neglect Volume:20 Issue:11 Dated:(November 1996) Pages:1087-1093

Author(s):	R L Gibson; T S Hartshorne

Date Published:	1996

Page Count:	7

Type:	Survey

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	Data regarding a history of sexual abuse, loneliness, and orientation to a social network were collected from 231 female university students, 24 of whom indicated a history of childhood sexual abuse, and from 26 female clients at two treatment centers.

Abstract:	Results revealed that victims of sexual abuse were more lonely and less likely to use their social support system than were the controls. Contrary to expectations, those who were in treatment were more lonely and less likely to sue social support than those not in treatment. Those in treatment were also victims for longer time periods involving more incidents than those not in treatment. One-way analysis of variance revealed that the treatment group members were more lonely than the nontreatment and control group members who did not differ from each other. However, on social network orientation, all groups differed from each other in the expected direction. Findings support reports that sexual abuse victims tend to isolate themselves from others. Tables and 17 references (Author abstract modified)

Main Term(s):	Juvenile victims

Index Term(s):	Adult survivors of child sexual abuse; Child Sexual Abuse; Interpersonal relations; Sexual assault trauma; Social network analysis



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