Author ORCID Identifier
Cynthia Najdowski: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3624-9188
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/10538710903035263
Abstract
This study examined the unique effects of child sexual abuse simultaneously with post-traumatic stress disorder symptom clusters, problem drinking, and illicit drug use in relation to sexual revictimization in a community sample of female adult sexual assault victims. Participants (N = 555) completed two surveys a year apart. Child sexual abuse predicted more post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in adult sexual assault victims. Posttraumatic stress disorder numbing symptoms directly predicted revictimization, whereas other post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (reexperiencing, avoidance, and arousal) were related to problem drinking, which in turn predicted revictimization. Thus, numbing symptoms and problem drinking may be independent risk factors for sexual revictimization in adult sexual assault victims, particularly for women with a history of childhood sexual abuse. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Recommended Citation
Ullman, Sarah E.; Najdowski, Cynthia J.; and Filipas, Henrietta, "Child Sexual Abuse, PTSD, and Substance Use: Predictors of Revictimization in Adult Sexual Assault Survivors" (2009). Psychology Faculty Scholarship. 26.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/psychology_fac_scholar/26
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Publisher Acknowledgement:
This is the Author’s Original Manuscript. The version of the record appears here: Ullman, S. E., Najdowski, C. J., & Filipas, H. H. (2009). Child sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance use: Predictors of revictimization in adult sexual assault survivors. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 18, 367-385. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538710903035263