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Comparative Psychopathology of Women Who Experienced Intra- Familial Versus Extra-Familial Sexual Abuse

NCJ Number
154550
Journal
Child Abuse and Neglect Volume: 19 Issue: 2 Dated: (February 1995) Pages: 177-190
Author(s)
T Gregory-Bills; M Rhodeback
Date Published
1995
Length
14 pages
Annotation
The Diagnostic Inventory of Personality and Symptoms was used to assess psychopathology in a clinical sample of 30 women with histories of intra-familial sexual victimization, 22 women with histories of extra-familial sexual victimization, and 30 women with no victimization experiences.
Abstract
Researchers examined whether the relative/nonrelative issue is significant for the impact of sexual victimization experiences. A clinical comparison of two point code types showed that both sexually abused groups suffered an Affective Depressed- Dissociative Disorder; however, profile shapes produced for the intra-familial and extra-familial abused groups differed. A discriminant function developed through step-wise selection procedures incorporated 12 of the 14 scales, correctly classifying 94 percent of the individuals (49 of 52) as members of the extra-familial or intra-familial groups. Profile analyses, discriminant analyses, clinically descriptive comparisons, and post-hoc analyses of individual scales all revealed that psychopathology is much more evident in those who have experienced sexual abuse. 2 figures, 4 tables, and 50 references