Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a widespread public health problem in the United States. It has
been associated with multiple long-term deleterious outcomes including revictimization in …

Objective Despite extensive research, the concept of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
is not fully developed and there is low agreement on how the concept should be defined and …

OBJECTIVE: The current study examined emotion dysregulation as a mechanism underlying
risky sexual behavior and sexual revictimization among adult victims of child sexual abuse …

To study the psychometric properties of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire–Short Form
(CTQ–SF), we determined its dimensional structure, measurement invariance across …

This study prospectively examines the transition from the child welfare system into the
juvenile justice system among 10,850 maltreated children and adolescents and explores …

Child sexual abuse (CSA) has consistently been associated with the use of avoidant coping;
these coping methods have been associated with increased trauma symptoms, which have …

Participants included 202 newlywed couples who reported retrospectively about child
maltreatment experiences (sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, and …

There are a multitude of behaviors that child sexual abusers use to 'groom'children into
becoming vulnerable to abuse. In this study of 277 adult survivors of child sexual abuse …

Estimates of the rate of sexual victimization in college men vary wildly, likely because of the
lack of validated measures. This study provides psychometric data on the Sexual …

Although people with a history of child abuse are known to be at elevated risk for later
difficulties in relationships, there is debate over whether these effects are enduring and …