Re: variations in child emotional ,sexual, and physical abuses

["Deanna Perez" <dperez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This was a secondary analysis of a study used to look primarily at issues related to dropping out of school.  It was a cross-sectional, retrospective design.  Adolescents self-reported abuse.  In the conclusion, I note the shortcomings related to these issues.

>>> jmprice@calweb.com 04/30/01 17:32 PM >>>

Interesting result.  Was this a pro- or retrospective design?  IOW, do you
have data that would indicate that the physical/sexual abuse changed the
patterns of offending (or pre-offending problem behavior) of the
individuals?  Also, were the cases categorized as abused done so by self
report alone, or were other methods used to make or assist in that
classification?

TIA.

On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Deanna Perez wrote:

> Stephanie,

> I have an article forthcoming (CITE: Deanna M. PÚrez.  2001. "Ethnic
> Differences in Property, Violent, and Sex Offending for Abused and
> Non-Abused Adolescents."  Journal of Criminal Justice Volume 29,
> Number 5) addressing whether a history of abuse (physical and sexual)
> was differentially related to delinquent outcomes for different ethnic
> groups.  My findings revealed no differences.  I've copied part of the
> text from the conclusion below.  I should note that in conducting my
> lit search, with respect to the joint effects of abuse and ethnicity
> (1) there wasn't a lot of literature out there and (2)  the findings
> were inconclusive with some finding distinctions in levels of
> depression, anxiety, and other mental disorders while others did find
> differences in self-concept and psychological functioning, including
> depression and anger levels. In other words, it's not clear whether
> there is a consensus.

> "The finding of equivalent models across ethic groups suggested that,
> although non-Hispanic Whites were more likely than Mexican Americans
> to be the victim of either type of abuse, the effects of physical
> abuse and sexual victimization on delinquency generally did not differ
> by the ethnicity of the respondent.  While the model for self-reported
> violent offending was found to be invariant across ethnic groups, it
> was shown that the effect of physical abuse on violence was not
> conditioned by the ethnicity of the respondent.  The results did
> suggest that sexual abuse had a stronger effect on the violent
> offending of NHW, although sexual abuse was significantly and
> positively related to violent delinquency for both groups.  It is
> likely that the dramatic differential exposure to sexual assault for
> MA and NHW (10 percent verus 24 percent, respectively), coupled with
> the significantly lower base rates of violent offending for NHW,
> influenced the difference in the magnitude of the relationship between
> both groups.  Overall, the data demonstrated that the consequences of
> abuse do not show different patterns for Mexican-American than for
> non-Hispanic White adolescents.  These findings expand the growing
> body of evidence linking childhood maltreatment to future antisocial
> behavior and extend the literature in showing that these consequences
> cross ethnic boundaries."


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