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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Examining the Factor Structure of Self-Blame Appraisals Among Adolescents Who Have Been Sexually Abused

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Clinical Science

  • Caitlin Rancher
    Southern Methodist University
  • Akihito Kamata
    Southern Methodist University
  • Mindy Jackson
    Dallas Children's Advocacy Center
  • Renee McDonald
    Southern Methodist University
  • Ernest Jouriles
    Southern Methodist University

Abstract

This study investigated the factor structure of global and abuse-specific self-blame appraisals among adolescents who have been sexually abused. The best-fitting model emerges when global self-blame and abuse-specific self-blame are conceptualized as separate constructs.

Adolescent