ABSTRACT
Objective@#To explore the relationship among sexual assault experience,interpersonal trust and psychosexual health in middle school girls,and to provide a reference for psychological counseling for the diagnosis of sexually assaulted individuals.@*Methods@#A sample of 499 middle school girls from 5 middle schools in Shaoguan city of Hunan Province were assessed with the Sexual Assault Questionnaire, Interpersonal Trust Scale and Adolescent Psychosexual Health Scale.@*Results@#The rate of sexual assault was 36.87% while the non-contact sexual assault was 34.87%, and the rate of sexual touching was 8.82% whlie the rate of rape was 1.20%. There were negative correlations among sexual assault experience, sexual values, sexual adaptation and psychosexual health(r=-0.21,-0.10,-0.13,P<0.01).The interpersonal trust modified the relationship between sexual assault experience and sexual awareness, sexual values, sexual adaptation, psychosexual health (95%CI=-0.05--0.01,-0.05--0.01,-0.04-0.00,-0.04--0.02,P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#Interpersonal trust plays a moderating role in the association between sexual assault experience and psychosexual health.The adverse effects of sexual assault on psychosexual health might be relieved through improving interpersonal trust among middle school girls.
