Divorce potential and marital stability of adult women sexually abused as children compared to adult women not sexually abused as children.
This study was conducted to determine if significant differences exist between women in marital therapy who had been sexually abused as children and women in marital therapy who had not been sexually abused as children on the parameters of marital satisfaction and divorce potential. The null hypothesis was tested. No differences were found between the two groups. Both groups of women and their husbands experienced moderate marital dissatisfaction. Divorce potential for both groups and their husbands was low. The sexually abused women had significantly higher psychoticism scores on the SCL-90R than the nonabused women, generally representing moderately withdrawn, isolated lifestyle patterns.
Gelster
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Brigham Young University, Sandy, UT.
Feinauer
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D004243:Divorce; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012307:Risk Factors