title: Self-esteem and locus of control of women who report sexual abuse during childhood.
abstract: To study the self-esteem and locus of control of adult women who reported childhood sexual abuse experiences, 66 undergraduate students in psychology completed the Tennessee Self-concept Scale, Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, and a research questionnaire. Contrary to expectation, mean scores of 33 women who reported abuse were not significantly different from those of 33 control women who reported no such experience.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, College at Oswego.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Silliman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept