ASSESSING RESILIENCE IN ADULTS WITH HISTORIES OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE

Authors
LIEM JH JAMES JB OTOOLE JG BOUDEWYN AC
Citation
Jh. Liem et al., ASSESSING RESILIENCE IN ADULTS WITH HISTORIES OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE, American journal of orthopsychiatry, 67(4), 1997, pp. 594-606
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
American journal of orthopsychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029432
Volume
67
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
594 - 606
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(1997)67:4<594:ARIAWH>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Adults with histories of childhood sexual abuse were categorized as be ing either resilient or nonresilient on the basis of current levels of depression and self-esteem. Characteristics of both the individual an d the early family environment distinguished resilient from nonresilie nt abuse survivors, as did the physically coercive nature of the abuse experience.