Correlates of adolescent reports of sexual assault: findings from the National Survey of Adolescents.
This study examines how key demographic variables and specific child sexual assault (CSA) incident characteristics were related to whether adolescents reported that they had told anyone about an alleged sexual assault. The study also investigates whether there were differences in the correlates of CSA disclosure as a function of gender and race/ethnicity. A national household probability sample of 4,023 adolescents was interviewed by telephone about childhood experiences, including CSA history. Significant gender and racial/ethnic differences were obtained in rates of CSA disclosure: Sexually abused boys and African American youth were less likely to report telling anyone they had been sexually abused. Separate regression models examining correlates of CSA disclosure yielded differences as a function of gender and race/ethnicity.
Hanson
Rochelle F
RF
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA. hansonrf@musc.edu
Kievit
Lisha W
LW
Saunders
Benjamin E
BE
Smith
Daniel W
DW
Kilpatrick
Dean G
DG
Resnick
Heidi S
HS
Ruggiero
Kenneth J
KJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012737:Sex Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States