Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA.
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Assessment. 2022 Dec;29(8):1676-1685. doi: 10.1177/10731911211027632. Epub 2021 Jun 30.
Self-blame appraisals are frequently studied among adolescents following sexual abuse. However, the conceptualization and operationalization of self-blame varies across studies, with some examining self-blame specific to the abuse and others examining global self-blame. The present study examined the factor structure and theorized correlates of measures of self-blame appraisals among a sample of adolescents who had been sexually abused ( = 493, 91% female). Results of confirmatory factor analyses indicated that a two-factor model, in which abuse-specific and global self-blame appraisals load onto separate factors, produced a superior model fit compared with a single-factor model, though the two factors were highly correlated. Abuse-specific and global self-blame appraisals are differentially associated with theorized correlates, such as experiencing coercion during the abuse. Taken together, the findings suggest that adolescents' abuse-specific and global self-blame appraisals following sexual abuse are measuring distinct constructs.
自责评价在性虐待后青少年中经常被研究。然而，自责的概念化和操作化在研究中存在差异，有些研究考察了针对虐待的自责，而有些则考察了一般的自责。本研究考察了性虐待青少年样本中自责评价测量的因素结构和理论相关性（n=493，91%为女性）。验证性因素分析的结果表明，与单因素模型相比，将特定于虐待的自责和一般自责评价分别归入两个因素的双因素模型产生了更好的模型拟合，尽管两个因素高度相关。特定于虐待的自责和一般自责评价与理论上的相关性（如在虐待过程中经历胁迫）存在差异。总的来说，这些发现表明，青少年在遭受性虐待后，对特定于虐待的自责和一般自责的评价是测量不同的结构。
