346
Views
16
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
FELLOW CLINICAL GERONTOLOGISTS…

Childhood Sexual Abuse

A Review of Its Impact on Older Women Entering Institutional Settings

&
Pages 29-53 | Published online: 25 Sep 2008

References

  • Adams , D. 1990 . “ Treatment models of men who batter: A profeminist analysis ” . In Feminist perspectives on wife abuse , Edited by: Yllo , K. and Bograd , M. 176 – 199 . Newbury Park, CA : Sage Publications .
  • Allers , C. T. , Benjack , K. J. and Allers , N. T. 1992 . Unresolved childhood sexual abuse: Are older adults affected? . Journal of Counseling and Development , 71 : 14 – 17 .
  • Alvarez , A. 1970 . The savage god: A study of suicide , New York : Random House .
  • Bergman , S. J. 1991 . Men's psychological development: A relational perspective.Work In Progress, 48 , Wellesley, MA : Stone Center Working Paper Series .
  • Bernstein , E. M. and Putnam , F. W. 1986 . Development, reliability, and validity of a dissociation scale . The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease , 174 : 727 – 744 .
  • Boney-McCoy , S. and Finkelhor , D. 1995 . Prior victimization: A risk factor for child sexual abuse and for PTSD-related symptomatology among sexually abused youth . Child Abuse and Neglect , 19 : 1401 – 1421 .
  • Briere , J. and Runtz , M. 1988 . Multivariate correlates of childhood psychological and physical maltreatment among university women . Child Abuse and Neglect , 12 : 331 – 341 .
  • Brown , D. 1990 . “ The variable long-term effects of incest: Hypnoanalytic and adjunctive hypnotherapeutic treatment ” . In Creative mastery in hypnosis and hypnoanalysis: A Festschrift for Erika Fromm , Edited by: Margot , Fass L. and Brown , Daniel . 199 – 229 . Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers .
  • Browne , A. and Finkelhor , D. 1986 . Impact of child sexual abuse: A review of the research . Psychological Bulletin , 99 : 66 – 77 .
  • Bryer , J. B. , Nelson , B. A. , Miller , J. B. and Krol , B. A. 1987 . Childhood sexual and physical abuse as factors in adult psychiatric illness . American Journal of Psychiatry , 144 ( 11 ) : 1426 – 1430 .
  • Burgess , A. W. and Holmstrom , L. L. 1974 . Rape Trauma Syndrome . American Journal of Psychiatry , 131 : 981 – 986 .
  • Burnam , M. A. , Stein , J. A. , Golding , J. M. , Siegel , J. M. , Sorenson , S. B. , Forsythe , A. B. and Telles , C. A. 1988 . Sexual assault and mental disorders in a community population . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 56 : 843 – 850 .
  • Calhoun , K. S. and Atkinson , B. M. 1991 . Treatment of rape victims: Facilitating psychosocial adjustment , Elmsford, NY : Pergamon Press .
  • Calhoun , K. S. and Resnick , P. A. 1993 . “ Post-traumatic stress disorder ” . In Clinical handbook of psychological disorders , Edited by: Barlow . 48 – 98 . New York : Guilford .
  • Carmen , E. H. , Rieker , P. P. and Mills , T. 1984 . Victims of violence and psychiatric illness . American Journal of Psychiatry , 141 : 378 – 383 .
  • Chase , T. 1990 . When Rabbit howls , New York : Berkley .
  • Clines , F. X. 1995 . Unwelcome memories wake dead . The New York Times , April 30
  • Cole , P. M. and Putnam , F. W. 1992 . Effect of incest on self and social functioning: A developmental psychopathology perspective . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 60 : 174 – 184 .
  • Davies , J. M. and Frawley , M. G. 1994 . Treating the adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse: A psychoanalytic perspective , New York : Basic Books .
  • Dyer , G. 2000 . Suffering from Reminiscences , Fort Kent, Maine : University of Maine . Unpublished paper
  • Elliott , M. , Brown , K. and Kilcoyne , J. 1995 . Child sexual abuse prevention: What offenders tell us . Child Abuse and Neglect , 19 : 579 – 594 .
  • Epstein , J. N. , Saunders , B. E. , Kilpatrick , D. G. and Resnick , H. S. 1998 . PTSD as a mediator between childhood rape and alcohol use in adult women . Child Abuse and Neglect , 22 : 223 – 234 .
  • Erikson , E. H. 1980 . Identity and the life cycle , New York : W. W. Norton .
  • Erikson , E. H. 1994 . Identity and the life cycle , New York : W. W. Norton .
  • Étheir , L. S. , Lacharté , C. and Couture , G. 1995 . Childhood adversity, parental stress, and depression of negligent mothers . Child Abuse and Neglect , 19 : 619 – 633 .
  • Everson , M. D. , Hunter , W. M. , Runyon , D. K. , Edelsohn , F. A. and Coulter , M. L. 1989 . Maternal support following disclosure of incest . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 59 : 197 – 207 .
  • Faller , K. C. 1989a . The role relationship between victim and perpetrator as a predictor of characteristics of intrafamilial sexual abuse . Child and Adolescent Social Work , 6 : 217 – 229 .
  • Faller , K. C. 1989b . Why sexual abuse? An exploration of the intergenerational hypothesis . Child Abuse & Neglect , 13 : 543 – 548 .
  • Feldman , P. 1995 . Short term clinical social work: Treatment of a depressed dissociating client . The Jewish Social Work Forum , 31 : 41 – 48 .
  • Ferenczi , S. 1992/1932 . “ Confusion of tongues between adults and the child ” . In The assault on truth: Freud's suppression of the seduction theory , Edited by: Masson , J. M. 291 – 303 . New York : Harper Perennial .
  • Fleming , J. , Mullen , P. and Bammer , G. 1996 . A study of potential risk factors for sexual abuse in childhood . Child Abuse and Neglect , 21 : 49 – 58 .
  • Frazier , P. A. 1990 . Victim attributions post-rape trauma . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 59 : 298 – 304 .
  • Freud , S. 1896/1963a . “ Heredity and the aetiology of the neuroses ” . In Early psychoanalytic writings , Edited by: Rief , P. 137 – 150 . New York : Macmillan Publishing Company .
  • Freud , S. 1917/1963 . “ Mourning and melancholia ” . In General psychological theory: Papers on metapsychology , Edited by: Rief , P. 164 – 179 . New York : Macmillan Publishing Company .
  • Freyd , J. J. 1996 . Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse , Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press .
  • Frieze , I. H. 1983 . Investigating the causes and consequences of marital rape . Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society , 8 : 532 – 553 .
  • Fromuth , M. E. 1986 . The relationship of childhood sexual abuse with later psychological and sexual adjustment in a sample of college women . Child Abuse and Neglect , 10 : 5 – 15 .
  • Gagnon , M. and Hersen , M. 2000 . Unresolved childhood sexual abuse and older adults: Late-life vulnerabilities . Journal of Clinical Geropsychology , 6 : 187 – 198 .
  • Gelinas , D. J. 1983 . The persisting negative effects of incest . Psychiatry , 46 : 312 – 332 .
  • Gentlewarrior , S. 1998 . Symptoms of trauma in middle-aged and older survivors of child sexual abuse: An ecological examination of risk and protective factors , Boston, MA : Simmons College . Unpublished doctoral dissertation
  • Goldman , J. D. G. and Padyachi , U. K. 1997 . The prevalence and nature of child sexual abuse in Queensland, Australia . Child Abuse & Neglect , 21 : 489 – 498 .
  • Gordon , M. 1989 . The family environment of sexual abuse: A comparison of natal and stepfather abuse . Child Abuse & Neglect , 13 : 121 – 130 .
  • Graziano , R. 1992 . Treating women incest survivors: A bridge between “cumulative trauma” and “post-traumatic stress.” . Social Work in Health Care , 17 : 69 – 85 .
  • Harel , Z. 1988 . Coping with extreme stress and aging . Social Casework , 69 : 575 – 583 .
  • Herman , J. L. 1984 . “ Sexual violation ” . In Work in Progress, no. 83–05 , Stone Center Working Papers Series Wellesley, MA
  • Herman , J. L. 1992 . Trauma and Recovery , New York, NY : Basic Books .
  • Herman , J. L. and Hirschman , L. 1981 . Father daughter incest , Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press .
  • Kaplan , A. G. 1984 . “ The “Self-In-Relation”: Implications for depression in women ” . In Work In Progress # 14 , Wellesley, MA : Stone Center Working Paper Series .
  • Karh , B. 1992 . The sexual molestation of children: Historical perspectives . The Journal of Psychohistory , 19 : 192 – 214 .
  • King , D. W. , King , L. A. , Foy , D. W. , Keane , T. M. and Fairbank , J. A. 1999 . Posttraumatic stress disorder in a national sample of female and male Vietnam veterans: Risk factors, war-zone stressors, and resilience-recovery variables . Journal of Abnormal Psychology , 108 ( 1 ) : 164 – 170 .
  • Kinzl , J. F. , Traweger , C. and Biebl , W. 1995 . Sexual dysfunctions: Relationship to childhood sexual abuse and early family experience in a nonclinical sample . Child Abuse & Neglect , 19 : 785 – 792 .
  • Klein , H. and Chao , B. S. 1995 . Sexual abuse during childhood and adolescence as predictors of HIV-related sexual risk during adulthood among female sexual partners of injection drug users . Violence Against Women , 1 : 55 – 76 .
  • Kluft , R. P. 1990 . “ Incest and subsequent revictimization: The case of therapist-patient sexual exploitation, with a description of the sitting duck syndrome ” . In Incest-related syndromes of adult psychopathology , Edited by: Richard , Kluft P. 263 – 287 . Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press .
  • Kosberg , J. I. and Kaye , L. W. 1997 . “ The status of older men: Current perspectives and future projections ” . In Elderly men: Special problems and professional challenges , Edited by: Kosberg , J. I. and Kaye , L. W. 295 – 307 . New York : Springer .
  • Lanktree , C. B. and Briere , J. 1995 . Outcome of therapy for sexually abused children: A repeated measures study . Child Abuse and Neglect , 19 : 1145 – 1155 .
  • Long , P. 1997 . Mental and physical health in sexually abused women . Paper presented at International Society for Traumatic Studies . November 1997 , Montreal, Canada.
  • Marano , H. E. 1997 . Puberty may start at 6 as hormones surge . The New York Times , July 1 : C1 – C6 .
  • McCartney , J. R. and Severson , K. 1997 . Sexual violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, and dementia . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society , 45 : 76 – 78 .
  • McClellan , J. , Adams , J. , Douglas , D. , McCurry , C. and Storck , M. 1995 . Clinical characteristics related to severity of sexual abuse: A study of seriously mentally ill youth . Child Abuse & Neglect , 19 : 1245 – 1254 .
  • Miller , J. B. 1988 . “ Connections, disconnections, and violations ” . In Work in Progress, # 33 , The Stone Center Working Paper Series Wellesley, MA
  • Miller , J. B. and Stiver , I. 1996 . Relational images and their meanings in psychotherapy . Paper presented at Learning From Women . April 1996 , Boston, MA.
  • Nash , M. R. , Hulsey , T. L. , Sexton , M. C. , Harralson , T. L. and Lambert , W. 1993 . Long-term sequelae of childhood sexual abuse: Perceived family environment, psychopathology, and dissociation . Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 61 : 276 – 283 .
  • Pearlman , L. A. and Saakvitne , K. W. 1995 . Trauma and the therapist: Countertransference and vicarious traumatization in psychotherapy with incest survivors , New York : W. W. Norton .
  • Peters , S. D. , Wyatt , G. E. and Finkelhor , D. 1986 . “ Prevalence ” . In Sourcebook on child sexual abuse , Edited by: Finkelhor , D. 15 – 59 . Beverly Hills, CA : Sage Press .
  • Putnam , F. W. , Helmers , K. , Horowitz , L. A. and Trickett , P. K. 1995 . Hypnotizability and dissociativity in sexually abused girls . Child Abuse & Neglect , 19 : 645 – 655 .
  • Randall , M. and Haskell , L. 1995 . Sexual violence in women's lives: Findings from the Women's Safety Project, a community-based survey . Violence Against Women , 1 : 6 – 31 .
  • Reichert , E. 1994 . Expressive group therapy with adult survivors of sexual abuse . Family Therapy , 21 : 99 – 105 .
  • Reto , C. S. 1997 . Childhood maltreatment, dissociation, and bulimic symptomatology , Doctoral dissertation California School of Professional Psychology .
  • Riemer , F. J. 1997 . Quick attachments to the workforce: An ethnographic analysis of a transition from welfare to low-wage jobs . Social Work Research , 21 : 225 – 232 .
  • Roberts , L. and Lie , G. 1989 . A group therapy approach to the treatment of incest . Social Work with Groups , 12 : 77 – 90 .
  • Rose , D. S. 1986 . “Worse than death”: Psychodynamics of rape victims and the need for psychotherapy . American Journal of Psychiatry , 143 : 817 – 824 .
  • Ross , C. 1989 . Multiple personality disorder: Diagnosis, clinical features, and treatment , New York : John Wiley & Sons .
  • Russell , D. E. H. 1984 . The prevalence and seriousness of incestuous abuse: Stepfathers vs. biological fathers . Child Abuse and Neglect , 8 : 15 – 22 .
  • Russell , D. E. H. 1986 . The secret trauma: Incest in the lives of girls and women , New York : Basic Books .
  • Russell , D. E. H. 1995 . The making of a whore . Violence Against Women , 1 : 77 – 98 .
  • Saunders , B. E. , Villeponteaus , L. A. , Lipovsky , J. A. , Kilpatrick , D. G. and Veronen , L. J. 1992 . Child sexual abuse as a risk factor for mental disorders among women: A community survey . Journal of Interpersonal Violence , 7 : 189 – 204 .
  • Schlesinger , P. , Dobash , R. E. , Dobash , R. P. and Weaver , C. K. 1992 . Women Viewing Violence , London : British Film Institute .
  • Sgroi , S. M. , Blick , C. L. and Porter , F. S. 1982 . “ A conceptual framework for child sexual abuse ” . In Handbook of clinical intervention in child sexual abuse , Edited by: Sgroi , S. M. 9 – 37 . Lexington, MA : D. C. Heath and Company .
  • Silverman , A. B. , Reinherz , H. Z. and Giaconia , R. M. 1996 . The long-term sequelae of child and adolescent abuse: A longitudinal community study . Child Abuse & Neglect , 20 : 709 – 723 .
  • Stiver , I. P. and Miller , J. B. 1988 . “ From depression to sadness in women's psychotherapy ” . In Work in Progress # 36 , Stone Center Working Paper Series Wellesley, MA
  • Surrey , J. 1984 . “ Self-In-Relation: A theory of women's development ” . In Work In Progress, 16 , Stone Center Working Papers Series Wellesley, MA
  • Thompson , N. J. , Potter , J. S. , Sanderson , C. A. and Maibach , E. W. 1997 . The relationship of sexual abuse and HIV risk behaviors among heterosexual adult female STD patients . Child Abuse & Neglect , 21 : 149 – 156 .
  • Ussher , J. M. and Dewberry , C. 1995 . The nature and long-terms effects of childhood sexual abuse: A survey of adult women survivors in Britain . British Journal of Clinical Psychology , 34 : 177 – 192 .
  • Walter , K. 1992 . That was then: Elderly survivors of incest . Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health , 30 : 14 – 16 .
  • Waugh , E. 1946/1979 . Brideshead revisited: The sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder , Boston : Little, Brown .
  • Zlotnick , C. , Ryan , C. E. , Miller , I. W. and Keitner , G. I. 1995 . Childhood abuse and recovery from major depression . Child Abuse & Neglect , 19 : 1513 – 1516 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.