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First published on May 1, 2008
Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2008, doi:10.1177/0886260508317198
© 2008 SAGE Publications

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The Development of a Sexual Abuse Severity Score: Characteristics of Childhood Sexual Abuse Associated With Trauma Symptomatology, Somatization, and Alcohol Abuse

Therese Zink, MD*, Lisa Klesges, PhD, Susanna Stevens, MS, and Paul Decker, MS

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: zink0003{at}umn.edu.


  Abstract
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is common and is associated with both mental and physical health problems in adulthood. Using data from an age- and sexstratified population survey of 600 Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents, a Sexual Abuse Severity Score was developed. The abuse characteristics of 156 CSA respondents were associated with self-reported trauma, somatization, and alcohol use. Characteristics included age of first sexual abuse, more than one perpetrator, degree of coercion, severity of abuse (i.e., attempted intercourse is more severe than fondling), and the number of occurrences. This is one of the few reports to develop a risk summary that quantifies the severity of CSA.


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