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- Title
Afrontamiento del abuso sexual infantil y ajuste psicológico a largo.
- Authors
Cortés, David Cantón; Justicia, Fernando Justicia
- Abstract
The aim of the study was to analyze the consequences of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) on the psychological adjustment of university students, as well as the way in which several avoidance and approach coping strategies affect that adjustment. The sample comprised 1162 students from the University of Granada. Data about CSA was obtained from a questionnaire developed with this aim. We used the How I Deal with Things Scale of Burt and Katz to evaluate coping strategies, whereas depression and self-esteem were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, respectively. Subjects who were victims of CSA showed significantly higher scores on depression and lower scores on self-esteem. An analysis of coping strategies revealed that only the use of avoidance strategies was related to psychological adjustment. Subjects who used these strategies obtained higher scores on depression and lower scores on self-esteem. These results confirm the idea of CSA as a risk experience that can affect victims' psychological adjustment, to a greater or lesser extent, according to the coping strategy employed.
- Subjects
SELF-esteem; CHILD abuse; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; DOMESTIC violence; CHILD welfare
- Publication
Psicothema, 2008, Vol 20, Issue 4, p509
- ISSN
0214-9915
- Publication type
Article