Exploring posttraumatic outcomes as a function of childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 623-640

  Shakespeare Finch, Jane ^a   de Dassel, Therese ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Counseling; Posttraumatic growth; Sexual abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951169075     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538710903317224     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. American Psychiatric Association. 2000. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, text revision, Washington, DC:Author.
2. Asukai, N., Kato, H., Kawamura, N., Kim, Y., Yamamoto, K., Kishimoto, J., 2002. Reliability and validity of the Japanese-language version of the Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R-J):Four studies of different traumatic events. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 190:175–182.
3. Briere, J., and Runtz, M., 1988. Symptomatology associated with childhood sexual victimization in a nonclinical adult sample. Child Abuse and Neglect, 12:51–59.
4. Calhoun, L. G., and Tedeschi, R. G., 2006. “The foundations of posttraumatic growth”. In An expanded framework, Mahwah, NJ:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
5. Carboon, I., Anderson, V. A., Pollard, A., Szer, J., and Seymour, J. F., 2005. Posttraumatic growth following a cancer diagnosis:Do world assumptions contribute?. Traumatology, 11(4):269–283.
6. Cobb, A. R., Tedeschi, R. G., Calhoun, L. G., and Cann, A., 2006. Correlates of posttraumatic growth in survivors of intimate partner violence. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19(6):895–903.
7. Creamer, M., Bell, R., and Failla, S., 2003. Psychometric properties of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41(12):1489–1496.
8. Creighton, S. (2004). Prevalence and incidence of child abuse:International comparisons http://www.nspcc.org.uk/inform (Accessed:17 September 2007).
9. Cryder, C. H., Kilmer, R. P., Tedeschi, R. G., and Calhoun, L. G., 2006. An exploratory study of posttraumatic growth in children following a natural disaster. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(1):65–69.
10. Draucker, C. B., 2001. Learning the harsh realities of life:Sexual violence, disillusionment, and meaning. Health Care for Women International, 22(1):67–84.
11. Elliott, D. M., and Briere, J., 1995. Posttraumatic stress associated with delayed recall of sexual abuse:A general population study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8(4):629–647.
12. Fergusson, D. M., and Mullen, P. E., 1999. “Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry series:Vol. 40. Childhood sexual abuse”. In An evidence based perspective, Thousand Oaks, CA:Sage.
13. Janoff-Bulman, R., 1992. Shattered assumptions:Towards a new psychology of trauma, New York:Free Press.
14. Kendall-Tackett, K. W., and Finkelhor, D., 1993. Impact of sexual abuse on children:A review and synthesis of recent empirical studies. Psychological Bulletin, 113:164–180.
15. Lev-Wiesel, R., Amir, M., and Besser, A., 2005. Posttraumatic growth among female survivors of childhood sexual abuse in relation to the perpetrator identity. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 10(1):7–17.
16. McMillen, C., Zuravin, S., and Rideout, G., 1995. Perceived benefit from child sexual abuse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63(6):1037–1043.
17. Milam, J. E., Ritt-Olson, A., and Unger, J. B., 2004. Posttraumatic growth among adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 19(2):192–204.
18. Morris, B. A., Shakespeare-Finch, J., Rieck, M., and Newbery, J., 2005. Multidimensional nature of posttraumatic growth in an Australian population. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18(5):575–585.
19. Morris, B. A., Shakespeare-Finch, J., & Scott, J. L. (2007). Coping processes and dimensions of posttraumatic growth. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 1 http://trauma.massey.ac.nz/issues/2007-1/morris.htm
20. Mullen, P. E. M., Anderson, J. C., Romans, S. E., and Herbison, G. P., 1993. Childhood sexual abuse and mental health in adult life. British Journal of Psychiatry, 163:721–732.
21. Nelson, E. C., Heath, A. C., Madden, P. A. F., Cooper, L., Dinwiddie, S. H., Bucholz, K. K., 2002. Association between self-reported childhood sexual abuse and adverse psychosocial outcomes:Results from a twin study. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59(2):139–145.
22. Shakespeare-Finch, J., and Enders, T., 2008. Corroborating evidence of posttraumatic growth. Journal of traumatic stress studies, 21(4):421–424.
23. Shakespeare-Finch, J., Gow, K., and Smith, S., 2005. Personality, coping and posttraumatic growth in emergency ambulance personnel. Traumatology, 11(4):325–334.
24. Shakespeare-Finch, J., and Morris, B., in press. “Posttraumatic growth in Australian populations”. In Transformation in context:Posttraumatic growth across cultures, Edited by:Weiss, T., and Berger, R., New York:Wiley.
25. Shakespeare-Finch, J. E., Smith, S. G., Gow, K., Embelton, G., and Baird, L., 2003. The prevalence of posttraumatic growth in emergency ambulance personnel. Traumatology, 9(1):58–70.
26. Smith, S. G., and Cook, S. L., 2004. Are reports of posttraumatic growth positively biased?. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 17(4):353–358.
27. Tedeschi, R. G., and Calhoun, L. G., 1996. The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory:Measuring the positive legacy of trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 9(3):455–472.
28. Tedeschi, R. G., Park, C. L., and Calhoun, L. G., 1998. Posttraumatic growth:Positive changes in the aftermath of crisis, Mahwah, NJ:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
29. Twaite, J. A., and Rodriguez-Srednicki, O., 2004. Childhood sexual and physical abuse and adult vulnerability to PTSD:The mediating effects of attachment and dissociation. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 13(1):17–38.
30. Ullman, S. E., and Filipas, H. H., 2005. Gender differences in social reactions to abuse disclosures, post-abuse coping, and PTSD of child sexual abuse survivors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29(7):767–782.
31. Weathers, F. W., Litz, B. T., Herman, D. S., Huska, J. A., and Keane, T. M., The PTSD Checklist (PCL):Reliability, validity, and diagnostic utility. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the ISTSS. San Antonio, Texas. November.
32. Weiss, T., and Berger, R., 2006. Reliability and validity of a Spanish version of the posttraumatic growth inventory. Research on Social Work Practice, 16(2):191–199.
33. Weiss, D. S., and Marmar, C. R., 1997. “The Impact of Event Scale-Revised”. In Assessing psychological trauma and PTSD, Edited by:Wilson, J. P., and Keane, T. M., 399–411. New York:Guilford Press.