SEXUAL ABUSE OF FEMALES--EFFECTS IN THE PUBERTAL PERIOD

这项研究考察了性行为对心理和生物的影响 对女童和青少年的虐待。受试者被性侵90人 女性(6至15岁)及其母亲(或其他非虐待儿童 照顾者)和90名人口统计相似的未受虐待女孩和她们 母亲们。采用交叉序贯设计，两个横截面 纵向数据每三年收集一次。一个 多方法数据收集方法包括Tanner Stage 青春期；血液荷尔蒙水平的分析；标准化测试和 儿童与家长访谈；亲子互动观察； 以及来自学校、教师和其他机构的记录。主要假设 正在接受测试的是(1)被性虐待的女孩会有更多的困难 过渡到青春期；(2)性虐待改变荷尔蒙水平和 影响青春期的时间；和(3)性虐待的女孩会 在青春期保持较高的解离度。

This study examines the psychological and biological effects of sexual abuse on female children and adolescents. Subjects are 90 sexually abused females (6 to 15 years of age) and their mothers (or other non-abusing caretaker) and 90 demographically similar non-abused girls and their mothers. A cross-sequential design is employed and both cross-sectional and longitudinal data are collected at three yearly intervals. A multi-method approach to data collection includes Tanner staging of pubertal stage; assaying of blood hormonal levels; standardized tests and interviews of child and parent; observation of parent-child interaction; and records from schools, teachers and other agencies. The main hypotheses being tested are that (1) sexually abused girls will have a more difficult transition through puberty; (2) sexual abuse alters hormonal levels and affects the timing of puberty; and (3) that sexually abused girls will maintain higher levels of dissociation into adolescence.