Short-Term Correlates of Child Sexual Abuse: An Exploratory Study Predicting Girls' Academic, Cognitive, and Social Functioning One Year Later

Daignault, I.V., Hébert, M. (2008). Short-Term Correlates of Child Sexual Abuse: An Exploratory Study Predicting Girls’ Academic, Cognitive, and Social Functioning 1 Year Later. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma 1, 301–316. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361520802505693

Following 50 French-speaking Canadian girls aged 7 to 12 for a year after they disclosed sexual abuse, this study found that more severe and longer-lasting abuse, other victimization and dissociation predicted poorer academic, cognitive and social functioning, while disclosing at a younger age, active coping and structured extracurricular activities were protective.

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