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Family Environment and Childhood Sexual Victimization

A Test of the Buffering Hypothesis

University of Georgia

JOAN L. JACKSON

University of Georgia

The potential of family cohesion and organization to act as buffers against the long-term, negative impact of childhood sexual abuse was examined. College women (N = 266), including 141 who had experienced childhood sexual abuse, completed self-report measures of current depressive symptomatology, self-esteem, and social adjustment. Family cohesion and organization were measured by the Family Environment Scale. Although no evidence for a buffering effect was indicated, multiple regression analyses revealed that both family characteristics were significantly related to participants' current social and psychological adjustment.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 12, No. 1, 3-17 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/088626097012001001


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