ABSTRACT
This paper reviews psychologic aspects of sexual abuse in female adolescents. It documents that sexual abuse is widespread, occurring at an alarming rate at all socioeconomic levels of society. It is perpetrated principally by adult men in the victim's family. Often its effects are tragic. Adolescent female sexual abuse victims are at high risk for subsequent acting out behavior, sexual promiscuity, physical and sexual abuse, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, alcohol and drug abuse or dependence, chronic sleep disturbance, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, emotional numbing, dissociation, guilt, shame, hyperalertness, suicidal ideation, and multiple associated psychiatric disorders. Although it may appear at a surface level that sexual abuse victims recover from such abuse, follow-up studies suggest that many remain disabled long after the abuse has ended. Health care professionals should be especially cognizant of the magnitude of the impact of sexual abuse on adolescent girls and recognize the need of these patients for psychologic and medical services.
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Child Abuse, Sexual/psychology , Psychology, Adolescent , Adolescent , Child Abuse, Sexual/complications , Child Abuse, Sexual/epidemiology , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Female , Humans , Mental Disorders/epidemiology , Mental Disorders/etiology , Rape/psychology , Rape/statistics & numerical data , Risk Factors , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/etiology , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychologySubject(s)
Behavior Therapy , Hypnosis , Smoking/therapy , Adult , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Random AllocationSubject(s)
Behavior Therapy , Hypnosis , Psychotherapy, Group , Smoking Prevention , Adult , Aged , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Evaluated 26 children independently diagnosed as learning disabled in a counterbalanced design with the deviation IQ form of the Slosson Intelligence Test and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Moderate to good correlations were obtained between the Slosson and the WISC-R Full Scale (r = .91), Verbal (r = .94) and Performance (r = .60) IQ scores. The Slosson correctly predicted functioning level to within 10 IQ points of WISC-R Full Scale scores for 88% of the Ss. These data suggest that the recent revision of the Slosson has corrected the tendency of earlier versions of this instrument to inflate the estimated IQs of young learning-disabled children.
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Intelligence Tests , Learning Disabilities/diagnosis , Child , Female , Humans , Learning Disabilities/psychology , Male , Psychometrics , Wechsler ScalesABSTRACT
Utilized time-saving WAIS scoring procedures in two ex post facto investigations following approaches outlined by Vincent (1979) and Himelstein (1983). These procedures direct an examiner to use an S's results on the Information subtest as a criterion for determining the point of initial questioning on other scales. Study 1 followed exactly the procedure presented by Himelstein (1983), with an obtained correlation between modified WAIS and WAIS Verbal IQ of .993. In spite of the high correlation, however, significant distortion in results occurred for some Ss, Study 2 integrated and modified slightly the methodologies of Vincent (1979) and Himelstein (1983). Obtained correlations between modified WAIS and WAIS Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQs (N = 40) were each .998. The percentage of IQs that differed by more than 2 points between Modified WAIS and WAIS for Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale scores was 0%, 5%, and 2.5%, respectively. In addition, the procedure maintained the integrity of subscale configurations.
