Attributions and adjustment following child sexual and physical abuse.
Individuals who experience child physical orsexual abuse are at greater risk for adjustment problems. However, the heterogeneity of symptomatology observed across individuals following child abuse suggests that outcome is determined by multiplefactors. The authors review literature examining the relationships among childhood physical or sexual abuse, attributions, and adjustment. Implications for application and future research are discussed.
Valle
Linda Anne
LA
Center for the Study of Family Violence and Sexual Assault, Northern Illinois University, USA.
Silovsky
Jane F
JF
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017579:Domestic Violence; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control