Gender Differences in Love-Styles Among Adult Latino Spanish Speaking Parents Whose Children Have Been Sexually Abused by the Father

• NCJ Number: 187520
• Journal: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: 2000 Pages: 107-113
• Author(s): Fernando Parra; Wayne C. Brown; Phung D. Huynh; Thao Thi Phuong Le; Elizabeth C. Stubbs; Joseph J. Leon; Alberto Mejia
• Editor(s): Robert Geffner Ph.D.
• Date Published: 2000
• Length: 7 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

In this study, 99 adult Spanish-speaking participants in a court-mandated psychotherapeutic group program in Los Angeles for parents whose children had been sexually abused were administered a love attitudes scale.

Abstract

The Hendrick and Hendrick Love Attitudes Scale was chosen to measure love attitudes. Male adults in the study had at one time or another allegedly sexually abused their child or children. An analysis of scores on the Love Attitudes Scale showed mean scores and endorsement patterns deviated from those in earlier research with non-sexual child-abusing males. The three strongest endorsements for love styles in descending order were storge, eros, and agape. Pragma, mania, and ludus had the least endorsements. The Latino men who allegedly sexually abused children scored significantly higher on eros and agape than women. Further research is suggested among dominant and other ethnic groups for comparative purposes. 10 references and 2 tables