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The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Lessons from a multigenerational, longitudinal research study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2011

Penelope K. Trickett ,
Jennie G. Noll  and
Frank W. Putnam
Penelope K. Trickett*
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Jennie G. Noll
Affiliation:
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Frank W. Putnam
Affiliation:
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Penelope K. Trickett, School of Social Work, Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90899-0411; E-mail: pennyt@usc.edu.
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Abstract

This is a report on the research design and findings of a 23-year longitudinal study of the impact of intrafamilial sexual abuse on female development. The conceptual framework integrated concepts of psychological adjustment with theory regarding how psychobiological factors might impact development. Participants included 6- to 16-year-old females with substantiated sexual abuse and a demographically similar comparison group. A cross-sequential design was used and six assessments have taken place, with participants at median age 11 at the first assessment and median age 25 at the sixth assessment. Mothers of participants took part in the early assessments and offspring took part at the sixth assessment. Results of many analyses, both within circumscribed developmental stages and across development, indicated that sexually abused females (on average) showed deleterious sequelae across a host of biopsychosocial domains including: earlier onsets of puberty, cognitive deficits, depression, dissociative symptoms, maladaptive sexual development, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal attenuation, asymmetrical stress responses, high rates of obesity, more major illnesses and healthcare utilization, dropping out of high school, persistent posttraumatic stress disorder, self-mutilation, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnoses, physical and sexual revictimization, premature deliveries, teen motherhood, drug and alcohol abuse, and domestic violence. Offspring born to abused mothers were at increased risk for child maltreatment and overall maldevelopment. There was also a pattern of considerable within group variability. Based on this complex network of findings, implications for optimal treatments are elucidated. Translational aspects of extending observational research into clinical practice are discussed in terms that will likely have a sustained impact on several major public health initiatives.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , May 2011 , pp. 453 - 476
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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