title: Abuse-specific self-schemas and self-functioning: a prospective study of sexually abused youth.
abstract: Potential pathways from childhood sexual abuse (CSA) to negative self-schemas to subsequent dissociative symptoms and low global self-esteem were examined in a prospective longitudinal study of 160 ethnically diverse youth with confirmed CSA histories. Participants were interviewed at the time of abuse discovery, when they were 8 to 15 years of age, and again 1 and 6 years later. Abuse-specific indicators of stigmatization, in particular the combination of shame and self-blame more than general self-blame attributions for everyday events, explained which youth with CSA histories experienced more dissociative symptoms and clinically significant levels of dissociation. Abuse-specific stigmatization was found to operate as a prospective mechanism for subsequent dissociative symptoms but not self-esteem.
authors.affiliation: Center for Youth Relationship Development, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628, USA. feiring@tcnj.edu
authors.forename: Candice
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feiring
authors.forename: Charles M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cleland
authors.forename: Valerie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D012752:Shame; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
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