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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

University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, zink0003{at}umn.edu

Lisa Klesges

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at Memphis

Susanna Stevens

Mayo Clinic at Rochester

Paul Decker

Mayo Clinic at Rochester

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is common and is associated with both mental and physical health problems in adulthood. Using data from an age- and sex-stratified 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.

Key Words: sexual abuse • child abuse • Hx of child abuse • PTSD • adolescent victims • sexual assault • male victims • sexual assault • situational factors

This version was published on March 1, 2009

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 24, No. 3, 537-546 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508317198
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