APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Child Sexual Abuse Severity Characteristics and Traumatic Stress: Shame As Mediator
- Chelsey VanNess
University of South Dakota - S. Jean Caraway
University of South Dakota
Abstract
A sample of college female child sexual abuse survivors completed online questionnaires. Controlling for negative affectivity, results indicated type of force used, frequency, and nature of the sexual abuse predicted both PTSD symptoms and shame. Shame partially mediated the relationship between CSA severity and traumatic stress symptoms.
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