title: Social relationships in sexually abused children: self-reports and teachers' evaluation.
abstract: This study aimed to explore the social relationships of child victims of sexual abuse using both self-reports and teachers' ratings. Participants were 93 child victims of sexual abuse and a comparison group of 75 nonvictims. Teachers' assessments revealed that sexually abused children displayed greater social skill problems compared to same-age, nonabused peers and were more likely to display social difficulties nearing clinical levels. Analyses indicated that sexually abused children presented lower levels of interpersonal trust in people surrounding them yet a marginally higher level of trust in peers compared to nonabused children. Sense of loneliness and feeling different from peers did not differ between groups.
authors.affiliation: a Université du Québec à Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanchard-Dallaire
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hébert
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D057566:Self Report; D012917:Social Adjustment
keywords: child sexual abuse; interpersonal adjustment; loneliness; peers; social skills; teacher ratings; trust