Re: intersection family violence and sexual abuse

[Becky Bolen <bbolen@xxxxxx>]

Here are a couple more cites that cite the co-occurrence of domestic
violence and sexual abuse by a father:

Williams, L. M., & Finkelhor, D. (1990). The characteristics of incestuous
fathers: A review of recent studies. In W. L. Marshall, D. R. Laws, & H. E.
Barbaree (Eds.), Handbook of sexual assault: Issues, theories and the
treatment of the offender (pp. 231-255). New York: Plenum Press

	This review cites a couple studies.

Sirles, E. A., & Franke, P. J. (1989). Factors influencing mothers'
reactions to intrafamilial sexual abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect, 13(1),
131-139.

	This study found that 44% of families with sexual abuse by father also
had physical abuse of the mother by the father.

Becky Bolen






At 10:50 AM 9/28/00 +1000, you wrote:
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>>Does anyone have a citation for  the  co-occurrence of domestic abuse and 
>>child sexual abuse?
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>Nicki, I have published a few articles that provide data on the correlation 
>between the degree to which people have experienced not only domestic 
>violence and sexual abuse, but also physical abuse, psychological 
>maltreatment, and neglect. Although this data relied on adult self-report 
>or parent report (rather than substantiated child protection cases), it 
>certainly provides some evidence for considerable co-occurrence of the two.
>The articles you may be interested in are:
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>Higgins, D. J., & McCabe, M. P. (1998b). Parent perceptions of maltreatment 
>and adjustment in children. Journal of Family Studies, 4, 53-76.
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>         Higgins, D. J., & McCabe, M. P. (2000b). Multi-type maltreatment 
>and the long-term adjustment of adults. Child Abuse Review, 9, 6-18.
>         Higgins, D. J., & McCabe, M. P. (2000c). Relationships between 
>different types of maltreatment during childhood and adjustment in 
>adulthood. Child Maltreatment, 5, 261-272.
>
>An additional ms. is also in press:
>         Higgins, D. J., & McCabe, M. P. (in press-b). Maltreatment and 
>family dysfunction in childhood and the adjustment of children and adults. 
>Journal of Family Violence.
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>In another article, I demonstrated that sexually abused university women 
>reported significantly higher levels of family violence (a composite 
>measure of witnessing and experiencing physical and verbal violence within 
>the family) than the women who were not sexually abused.  See Table 1 in 
>the following ms:
>         Higgins, D. J., & McCabe, M. P. (1994). The relationship of child 
>sexual abuse and family violence to adult adjustment: Toward an integrated 
>risk-sequelae model. The Journal of Sex Research, 31, 255-266.
>
>Hope this is the sort of thing you are looking for.
>I am also interested in hearing of other citations people may have of 
>overlap between sexual abuse and DV.
>Cheers,
>Daryl.
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