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Childhood Sexual Abuse

An Examination of Family Functioning

PATRICIA J. LONG

Oklahoma State University

JOAN L. JACKSON

University of Georgia

A sample of 80 college women retrospectively reporting childhood sexual abuse and 92 college women failing to report any history of abuse were examined to investigate the patterns of family functioning existing in the homes of childhood sexual abuse victims. In addition, the relationship between family functioning and the occurrence of various patterns of abuse was explored. Using a typology based on the Family Environment Scale, women's families were classified by type. Results indicated that victims and nonvictims were not equally distributed across the family types. More victims than nonvictims were found to have been reared in disorganized families, and fewer victims than nonvictims were found to have been reared in support-oriented families. No significant relationships were evident between family functioning and abuse characteristics. The relationship between these family types and risk for abuse is discussed.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 9, No. 2, 270-277 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/088626094009002009
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