TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences in childhood sexual abuse experience between adult hispanic and anglo women in a primary care setting
AU - Katerndahl, David A.
AU - Burge, Sandra K.
AU - Kellogg, Nancy
AU - Parra, Juan M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Address correspondence to: David Katerndahl, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Family and Community Medicine, 7703 Floyd Curl, MSC 7795, San Antonio, TX 78229 (E-mail: [email protected]). Research was supported by Texas Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP).
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The literature on racial and ethnic factors in childhood sexual abuse is limited. The purpose of this exploratory study was to document Hispanic-Anglo differences in childhood sexual abuse experiences and assess whether these differences may be explained by socio-demographic and family environmental differences. Adult Hispanic (n = 69) and Anglo (n = 19) women from a family medicine clinic waiting room reporting a history of childhood sexual abuse completed an in-depth survey concerning the sexual abuse experience and their childhood environment. In this study, Hispanics were more likely to report a family member as the perpetrator and to experience more self-blame as a result of the abuse. Hispanics were also more likely to take action in response to the abuse, especially those who were more acculturated to U.S. culture. However, most of the observed differences in this study could be explained by socio-demographic or family environment variables, not by ethnic background. Qualitative research on the family environments of Hispanic victims of child sexual abuse may further explicate the dynamics and risk factors for abuse by family members.
AB - The literature on racial and ethnic factors in childhood sexual abuse is limited. The purpose of this exploratory study was to document Hispanic-Anglo differences in childhood sexual abuse experiences and assess whether these differences may be explained by socio-demographic and family environmental differences. Adult Hispanic (n = 69) and Anglo (n = 19) women from a family medicine clinic waiting room reporting a history of childhood sexual abuse completed an in-depth survey concerning the sexual abuse experience and their childhood environment. In this study, Hispanics were more likely to report a family member as the perpetrator and to experience more self-blame as a result of the abuse. Hispanics were also more likely to take action in response to the abuse, especially those who were more acculturated to U.S. culture. However, most of the observed differences in this study could be explained by socio-demographic or family environment variables, not by ethnic background. Qualitative research on the family environments of Hispanic victims of child sexual abuse may further explicate the dynamics and risk factors for abuse by family members.
KW - Childhood trauma
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Family
KW - Hispanic Americans
KW - Sexual abuse
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U2 - 10.1300/J070v14n02_05
DO - 10.1300/J070v14n02_05
M3 - Article
C2 - 15914412
AN - SCOPUS:21744438444
SN - 1053-8712
VL - 14
SP - 85
EP - 95
JO - Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
JF - Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
IS - 2
ER -