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A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples

A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples. Conducted by: Rind, Bruce, Tromovitch, Philip, Bauserman, Robert Presented by: Katie Hochella, Radford University. Purpose. Find if CSA and adjustment correlated

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A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples

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  1. A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples Conducted by: Rind, Bruce, Tromovitch, Philip, Bauserman, Robert Presented by: Katie Hochella, Radford University

  2. Purpose • Find if CSA and adjustment correlated • CSA and adjustment attributable to family environment • Relationship between family environment and adjustment

  3. Issues to Consider • How CSA is measured • Exhibitionism • Fondling • Oral Sex • Intercourse • How adjustment is measured • Intensity • Pervasiveness • Causality • Gender Equivalence

  4. Definition of CSA • Sexual interaction involving either physical contact or no contact (e.g. exhibitionism) between either a child or adolescent and someone significantly older, or between two peers who are children or adolescents when coercion is used.

  5. Literature Review • 1966-1995 • Methods • Psyc LIT (1974-1995) • Sociofile (1974-1995) • PsycINFO (1967-1995) • Dissertation Abstract International (up to 1995) • ERIC (1966-1995) • Reference Lists • Unpublished master’s theses and dissertations

  6. Literature Review Cont’d • Studies • 191 articles were found • 59 were useable • These included 70 samples total • Effect Sizes • 15,824 participants • 3,254 men (18 samples) • 12,570 women (40 samples) • No differentiation (1 study) • Key Terms • Adjustment or effect(s) • College or undergraduates • Sex Abuse or sexual abuse or child and adult and sexual

  7. Studies to Include • Qualitative and quantitative data • Control group with no history of CSA • Distinct CSA, no other types of abuse • Described at least one of the 18 symptoms • Sufficient data to compute effect sizes • College students only • If others included, must have been separated

  8. Potential Moderators • Duration • Frequency • Force • Incest • Penetration

  9. Moderator Outcomes

  10. 18 Symptoms

  11. Adjustment Measures • Intensity • Consent (Wanted vs. Unwanted) • Pervasiveness • View on encounter (+, \, -) • Causality • Are symptom relations causal in nature or family related • Gender • Did CSA effect males and females differently

  12. Gender Equivalence

  13. Intensity

  14. Pervasiveness

  15. Causality

  16. Interaction of Symptoms with Family

  17. When controlling for CSA symptoms and family issues…

  18. Conclusions

  19. Critiques • Some results were significant, but not largely so • Falsely gives a harmless impression of CSA • Years included in study • “Believe the Child” campaign • Population studied • Definition of Abuse

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