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PubMed1985

MMPI correlates of clinical women who report early sexual abuse.

It was predicted from Freud's seduction theory that women who experienced sexual assault early in life would be identifiable by the MMPI. Twenty-six of 51 women treated at a psychotherapy clinic during a 2-year period reported experiencing sexual abuse as a child (RA); 25 made no such claim (NRA). Age, income level, years of formal education, marital status, and k-corrected scores of the MMPI were submitted to a stepwise multivariate discriminant analysis. It was found that the HY, MF, HS, and PD scales constituted a linear function that correctly classified 72.55% of the subjects (Wilkes Lambda = .670785, df 4, p = .0009). These scales correctly identified 73.1% of the RA and 72.0% of the NRA clients.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

Personality of rape survivors as a group and by relation of survivor to perpetrator.

Adult survivors of rape were compared to controls on 34 scales of the Apperceptive Personality Test and Draw-A-Person Questionnaire. They also reported on present or past weight problems, alcohol or drug problems, and psychotherapy. They differed on 12 scales and on alcohol, weight problems, and therapy. These survivors more frequently reported problems or therapy and differed on personality scales in the direction of assigning fewer positive or more negative attributes to their characters. Those raped by relatives, dates, or acquaintances were more negative than those raped by strangers on four scales, but did not differ on alcohol or weight problems or participation in psychotherapy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

The impact of sexual and physical abuse on eating disordered and psychiatric symptoms: a comparison of eating disordered and psychiatric inpatients.

The authors compared rates of physical and sexual abuse in women with eating disorders (N = 102) and general psychiatric disorders (N = 49). Relationships between sexual abuse and severity of eating disordered and psychiatric symptoms were also examined. While high rates of sexual abuse were found in the eating disordered sample, these rates were not significantly higher than those found in the general psychiatric population. No relationship between a history of sexual abuse and severity of eating disordered symptoms was found. However, within the eating disordered group, sexually abuse subjects reported more severe psychiatric disturbances of an obsessive and phobic nature than nonabused subjects. These findings suggest that while sexually abusive experiences may be related to increased psychological distress, they do not serve to increase eating disordered symptomatology.

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PubMed2000

Parental intrusiveness in adolescence recalled by women with a history of bulimia nervosa and comparison women.

OBJECTIVE: To learn if women with a lifetime history of bulimia nervosa (BN) report more intrusive parental behavior during adolescence than their nonclinical peers, and to provide further validation of the Parental Intrusiveness Rating Scale (PIRS). METHOD: We administered the PIRS to 86 women with a lifetime history of BN and 573 comparison subjects and examined between-group differences. RESULTS: Relative to the comparison group, lifetime BN subjects reported higher levels of parental intrusiveness, specifically maternal invasion of privacy, maternal jealousy and competition, paternal seductiveness, and maternal and paternal overconcern with the daughter's eating, weight, and shape. There were no between-group differences in paternal invasion of privacy. In exploratory analyses with the comparison sample, Caucasian women reported greater maternal jealousy and competition than Asian American/Pacific Islander women, but there were no other differences. CONCLUSION: These results support clinical observations of high levels of parental intrusiveness in the adolescent experiences of women who develop BN. Nonclinical women of diverse ethnic backgrounds report largely equivalent experiences.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2000

Sentencing sex crimes against children: an empirical and policy analysis.

This study investigated factors that contributed to the sentencing outcomes of 387 sex crimes against children who were prosecuted in a large East Coast city. Hypothesized variables that were indexed to predict sentencing included several offense, victim, and perpetrator characteristics. The findings revealed that individual victims' experiences are generally less predictive of sentencing outcomes than perpetrators' characteristics, that sentences generally tend to be lenient, that intra-family and stranger abuse seem to be taken equally seriously, and that the criminal justice system does seem to incarcerate those society is most worried about-persistent predators who abuse several children. The article ends with suggestions for further research and policy development.

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PubMed1984

Effects of consanguineous marriages on morbidity and precocious mortality: genetic counseling.

The excess risks of morbidity and precocious mortality for the offspring of incestuous matings and of matings of uncles-nieces and aunts-nephews, first cousins, first cousins once removed, and second cousins have been estimated as 32%, 18%, 9%, 5%, and 2.5%, respectively. These estimates are based on the theory of Morton et al [1956], assuming a damage (genetic and nongenetic) of 20% for the offspring of nonconsanguineous couples and two "deleterious" equivalents per gamete. Other possibilities (a damage of 40%; 2.5 deleterious equivalents per gamete), a partition of the total risk into prenatal and postnatal events, and some aspects of the inbreeding theory are also presented. Comments intended for persons interested in counseling are provided.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

Apparent G syndrome presenting as neck and upper limb dystonia and severe gastroesophageal reflux.

We have studied a 3-month-old boy with severe gastroesophageal reflux, feeding difficulties, neck and upper limb dystonia, abnormal ears, normal genitalia, and anatomically apparently normal larynx and trachea. Initially diagnosed as suffering from Sandifer "syndrome," he was treated with a gastrostomy and Nissen fundoplication. However, his characteristic facial appearance subsequently led to the diagnosis of G syndrome.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗
PubMed1994

Treatment of childhood sexual abuse in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: a feminist psychodynamic approach.

In this article a parallel is drawn between the psychological problems experienced by victims of childhood sexual abuse and by clients with eating disorders. In particular, we describe how sexual abuse has a significant and lasting effect on body image, identity, self-regulation, and interpersonal functioning. Treatment issues are outlined including the nature of the healing relationship, assessment of abuse, development of capacity for self-soothing, techniques for assisting in memory recall, sculpting of images, description and reenactment of abuse, dealing with shame, and ending the cycle of repeated victimization.

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PubMed1991

The therapist in child sexual abuse: the context of helping.

Professional response to childhood sexual abuse has evolved through three stages: (1) discovery of the problem, (2) identification of abuse victims and support for disclosure, and (3) emphasis on forensic issues. The importance of treating victims and offenders is emphasized, as opposed to overinvestment in the validation and prosecution of abuse allegations.

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PubMed1995

Violent victimization among women with alcohol problems.

Empirical evidence regarding the role of childhood victimization in the development of women's alcohol problems is examined in this chapter. In particular, childhood sexual abuse and father-to-daughter violence are found to predict later alcohol problems. Key variables that link experiences of childhood victimization and the development of adult alcohol problems are identified. Strengths and weaknesses of the research provide a better assessment of our confidence in the empirical evidence to date. Possible explanations for how and why the experiences of violent victimization may lead to women's alcohol problems are presented. Finally, important directions for policymakers, clinicians, and researchers are discussed.

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PubMed1989

Childhood victimization: desensitization effects in the later lifespan.

The hypothesis tested in this study was that young adults who report having been abused by parents or guardians as children would report less concern when confronted with hypothetical situations similar to the type of abuse they had reportedly experienced during childhood. In our study of nonclinical adults those who reported childhood victimization experiences showed diminished concern toward the specific kind of abuse situation encountered earlier in their lifespan.

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