Allen Brian, Tellez Alexandra, Wevodau Amy, Woods Carol L, Percosky Amy
Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 Aug;29(12):2257-2272. doi: 10.1177/0886260513517550. Epub 2014 Jan 23.
Numerous research studies document the negative mental health outcomes associated with the experience of childhood sexual abuse. In addition, factors such as one's relationship with the perpetrator and the severity of the abuse predict the likelihood of future mental health problems. Less attention, however, has focused on the age of the perpetrator, and recent years have seen an increased interest in children who display sexual behavior problems. College students completed measures of mental health functioning and retrospective reports of maltreatment histories. Participants were categorized as abused by an adult (n = 48), teenager (n = 39), or another child (n = 37), and non-abused (n = 219). Victims of abuse, regardless of perpetrator age, displayed higher levels of mental health problems than non-abused participants. There were no differences between the abused groups on any of the mental health outcomes; however, individuals who were abused by other children were less likely to label their experiences as abuse.
大量研究记录了与童年性虐待经历相关的负面心理健康后果。此外，诸如与施虐者的关系以及虐待的严重程度等因素预示着未来出现心理健康问题的可能性。然而，对施虐者年龄的关注较少，近年来，人们对表现出性行为问题的儿童的兴趣有所增加。大学生完成了心理健康功能测量以及虐待史的回顾性报告。参与者被分为被成年人虐待（n = 48）、青少年虐待（n = 39）或另一名儿童虐待（n = 37），以及未受虐待（n = 219）。无论施虐者年龄如何，虐待受害者都比未受虐待的参与者表现出更高水平的心理健康问题。在任何心理健康结果方面，受虐群体之间没有差异；然而，被其他儿童虐待的个体不太可能将他们的经历标记为虐待。
