title: Body image among victims of sexual and physical abuse.
abstract: This study tries to understand the differences in body experience between victims of sexual abuse and physical abuse. Ninety-eight women completed questionnaires that measured personal information, body-image aberration, body sensitivity and control, and body investment. Findings indicated that victims of sexual abuse demonstrate less body maintenance and protection in addition to greater injury to body sensitivity and control than victims of physical abuse. Moreover, comparing victims of sexual abuse to physical abuse, findings revealed that only victims of sexual abuse report body-image aberrations. Thus, sexual and physical abuse should be addressed discretely because each has differential effects on bodily attitudes of victims.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. kremerinbar@gmail.com
authors.forename: Inbar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Orbach
authors.forename: Tova
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rosenbloom
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult