title: Correlates of sexual abuse in a sample of adolescent girls admitted to psychiatric inpatient care.
abstract: We examined correlations of child sexual abuse among 300 adolescent girls in psychiatric inpatient treatment. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.)-based psychiatric diagnoses were obtained from the Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime and from data on family and behavioral characteristics from the European Addiction Severity Index (EuropASI). A total of 79 girls (26.3%) had experienced child sexual abuse during their lifetime. Child sexual abuse was associated with an adolescent's home environment, sibling status, smoking, posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis, self-mutilating behavior, and suicidal behavior. At least 62% of the perpetrators were acquaintances of the victims. Correlates of child sexual abuse can be used to identify child sexual abuse victims and persons at heightened risk for child sexual abuse.
authors.affiliation: a Oulu University Hospital , Oulu , Finland.
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kanamüller
authors.forename: Kaisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Riala
authors.forename: Maija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nivala
authors.forename: Helinä
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hakko
authors.forename: Pirkko
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Räsänen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: adolescent; anxiety disorders; clinical sample; female; mental health; risk factor; sexual abuse; suicidal behavior