TY  - SER
AU  - Romans, Sarah E.
AU  - Martin, J. L.
AU  - Mullen,Paul E.
TI  - Women's self-esteem: a community study of women who report and do not report childhood sexual abuse
SN  - 0007-1250
PY  - 1996///
CY  - London
PB  - Royal Medico-psychological Association
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - FVC
KW  - CHILD NEGLECT
KW  - DEMOGRAPHICS
KW  - FAMILIES
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
N1  - The British journal of psychiatry, 1996, 169(6): 696-704
N2  - This article discusses a study that compared the total self-esteem score and its component individual items and factors in two samples of New Zealand women. Two groups of women from Dunedin, one with no experience of childhood sexual abuse, and one who reported having experienced childhood sexual abuse, were randomly selected from the community. Psychosocial correlates of low self-esteem were also determined. A postal questionnaire and interview provided data for the investigation. The findings of the study show that psychosocial variables predicting low self-esteem were the same in the two groups. These included being a follower or a loner, having an over-controlling mother, being poorly qualified, giving a history of depressive disorder, and displaying current psychiatric disorder. Additionally, it was found that a participant's abuse status led to low self-esteem, but only when the abuse was intrusive
UR  - http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/169/6/696
ER  -