Brief Report: Attitudes About Responding to Survey Questions Concerning Childhood Sexual Abuse by Hispanic Female College Students
| Autor: | Natalie Perez, Nancy I. Salinas, Frederick A. Ernst |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Child abuse
medicine.medical_specialty Universities Injury control Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention medicine Humans Child Students Psychiatry business.industry Human factors and ergonomics Child Abuse Sexual Hispanic or Latino Health Surveys Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Attitude Sexual abuse Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 18:574-581 |
| ISSN: | 1547-0679 1053-8712 |
| Popis: | In no studies have research participants been asked how they feel about answering questions concerning childhood sexual abuse. We have performed searches from two different search engines again and have found nothing published which specifically addresses this question in the way we have. A questionnaire about childhood sexual abuse was administered to a sample of Mexican-American female college students. Over 32% reported positive histories of childhood sexual abuse before age 18. These subjects were more uncomfortable (37%) than those who did not experience childhood sexual abuse when answering questions about childhood sexual abuse (12%; p0.00001), but they were not more uncomfortable in answering questions about alcohol or drug use. Women who were sexually abused in childhood also readily disclosed childhood sexual abuse histories despite revealing discomfort about being asked questions concerning childhood sexual abuse. Our findings support concerns by researchers that childhood sexual abuse is neglected because researchers have an unwarranted perception about how fragile sexually abused subjects are as subjects. |
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