Childhood sexual abuse and adult developmental outcomes: Findings from a 30-year longitudinal study in New Zealand

• Published in: Child abuse & neglect Vol. 37; no. 9; pp. 664 - 674
• Main Authors: Fergusson, David M, McLeod, Geraldine F.H, Horwood, L. John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2013; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse - psychology; Adults; Alcoholism - epidemiology; Alcoholism - psychology; Anxiety Disorders; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child abuse & neglect; Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology; Child sexual abuse; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Correlation analysis; Effect Size; Female; Health Status; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Life Change Events; Life Satisfaction; Longitudinal; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Mental Disorders; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - psychology; Mental health; New Zealand - epidemiology; Pediatrics; Personal health; Physical Health; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Psychiatry; Psychological problems; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk-Taking; Sex crimes; Sexual Abuse; Sexual Behavior; Sexual risk-taking; Social Class; Socioeconomic; Socioeconomic factors; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders - psychology; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted - psychology; Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data; Victimology; Young Adult; New Zealand; Oceania; Socioeconomic; Child sexual abuse; Longitudinal; Psychological problems; Physical health; Sexual risk-taking; Human; Socioeconomic status; Sexual behavior; Risk taking; Victimology; Child abuse; Health status; Sociodemographic factor; Correlation analysis; Follow up study; Early traumatism; Adult; Sexual abuse; Psychological well-being; Antecedent

Abstract Objectives Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been associated with many adverse medical, psychological, behavioral and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood. This study aims to examine the linkages between CSA and a wide range of developmental outcomes over a protracted time period to age 30. M...