title: Comparison of Psychopathological Symptoms in Adolescents Who Experienced Sexual Violence as a Victim and/or as a Perpetrator.
abstract: Research on sexual violence victims and perpetrators indicates that victims in general are found to report higher levels of psychopathological symptoms, especially internalizing behavior, whereas perpetrators often show externalizing behavior. Little is known, however, about the psychopathology of perpetrators of sexual violence who have also experienced sexual victimization (victim-perpetrators). Thus, the aim of the current study was to examine this group within a sample of adolescents living in residential care or federal boarding schools. Participants reported their lifetime experience with sexual violence (both as victim and perpetrator) and completed the Youth Self Report. Results indicate that all three groups of adolescents with sexual violence experience report higher total problem scores than adolescents without this experience. Victim-perpetrators show results more similar to those of perpetrators only than those of victims only. The discussion deals with the implications of our findings for the treatment of victims of sexual violence.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy , University Hospital Ulm , Ulm , Germany.|b Institute of Psychology , German Sport University Cologne , Cologne , Germany.
authors.forename: Jeannine
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-2070
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ohlert
authors.affiliation: a Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy , University Hospital Ulm , Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Corinna
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seidler
authors.affiliation: a Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy , University Hospital Ulm , Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Thea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rau
authors.affiliation: a Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy , University Hospital Ulm , Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fegert
authors.affiliation: a Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy , University Hospital Ulm , Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allroggen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: YSR; boarding school; externalizing; internalizing; residential care; sexual abuse