From Child Sexual Abuse to Adult Sexual Risk: Trauma, Revictimization, and Intervention - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1591470307 ISBN 13: 9781591470304

Publisher: American Psychological Association, 2003

Synopsis

From Child Sexual Abuse to Adult Sexual Risk examines the relation between child sexual abuse (CSA) and adult sexual health outcomes in men and women. An emerging body of literature suggests that children who experience sexual violence are more likely to engage in sexual risk behavior and, consequently, may be vulnerable to many negative reproductive and sexual health problems as adults. These problems include unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infection, and adult sexual violence. In this singular volume, leading researchers and clinicians integrate research from a variety of disciplines, including epidemiology, traumatology, and prevention science, to bridge the current scientific literatures on CSA, basic trauma research, and clinical practice. Chapters identify the theory and research-based cognitive, affective, social, and behavioral consequences of trauma that influence both sexual health and sexual risk behaviors in adulthood. The volume also highlights new approaches that begin to translate these findings into interventions for people who have experienced CSA. This comprehensive resource delineates an emerging field of research that will help set a new course for study and treatment in the field.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591470307
• ISBN 13: 9781591470304
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Koenig Linda J., Doll Lynda S., O'Leary Ann, Pequegnat Willo