PROBLEMS IN DIFFERENTIATING SEXUALLY FROM NONSEXUALLY ABUSED ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC-INPATIENTS BY SELF-REPORTED ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, INTERNALIZATION, AND EXTERNALIZATION
G. Kumar et al., PROBLEMS IN DIFFERENTIATING SEXUALLY FROM NONSEXUALLY ABUSED ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC-INPATIENTS BY SELF-REPORTED ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, INTERNALIZATION, AND EXTERNALIZATION, Child abuse & neglect, 20(11), 1996, pp. 1079-1086
To ascertain whether self-reported psychopathology differentiated sexu
ally and nonsexually abused adolescents, the Beck Depression Inventory
, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Achenbach Youth Self-Report were adm
inistered to 111 psychiatric inpatients between 13 and 17 years of age
who were diagnosed with various psychiatric disorders. Data about 14
background and clinical characteristics that were purported to be asso
ciated with sexual abuse were also collected. Forty (67%) of the 60 gi
rls reported sexually abusive experiences, whereas six (12%) of the 51
boys reported such experiences. None of the scales was correlated wit
h sexual abuse in either sex, and a history of physical abuse was the
only characteristic that was significantly correlated with sexual abus
e for both sexes. Furthermore, none of the scales was correlated with
identity of sexual abuser, age of first abuse, age of last abuse, numb
er of abuses, days of abuse, penile insertion, and the reporting of th
e abuse to the authorities in the sexually abused girls.