Risk factors for traumatic reenactments of child sexual abuse experiences (perpetration, revictimization, and self-injury) were examined in a sample of 718 South African secondary school adolescents. Logistic regression analyses indicated that the most consistent predictors of reenactments were a history of child sexual abuse (rape and/or indecent assault) and respondents gender, with males being significantly more likely than females to report perpetration (OR = 13.5) and females being more likely to report revictimization (OR = 3.2) and self-injury (OR = 2.5). An analysis restricted to respondents with a history of child sexual abuse indicated that negative abuse-related cognitions were the most consistent predictor of all forms of traumatic reenactment. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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Penning, S. L., & Collings, S. J. (2014). Perpetration, revictimization, and self-injury: Traumatic reenactments of child sexual abuse in a nonclinical sample of south african adolescents. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 23(6), 708–726. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2014.931319
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