title: Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Anxiety, and Sexual Satisfaction: The Role of Self-Capacities.
abstract: Research indicates that child sexual abuse produces lasting alterations in interpersonal relatedness, identity, and affect regulation, often referred to as self-capacity disturbance. Child sexual abuse also has been shown to negatively impact sexual functioning. This study examined the role of altered self-capacities in mediating the relationship between child sexual abuse and sexual responses. Path analysis revealed that child sexual abuse was related to sexual anxiety and decreased sexual satisfaction through its association with reduced self-awareness and a propensity to be involved in difficult interpersonal relationships.
authors: a Department of Psychology , University of Quebec in Montreal , Montreal , Canada.
authors: Noémie
authors: N
authors: Bigras
authors: Natacha
authors: N
authors: Godbout
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Briere
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D020377:Self Efficacy; D000068356:Self-Control; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: affect dysregulation; child maltreatment; identity; interpersonal conflicts; sexual adjustment