use cases.
9. Children who grow up in a family living situation where there is domestic violence are eight times more likely to be sexually molested within that family.
10. Women who report childhood rape are three times more likely to become pregnant before age 18 years.
11. Anywhere from 70 to 80 percent of sexual abuse survivors report excessive use of drugs and alcohol.
In the conducted study, sexual abuse is operationalized in terms of self-report data; that is, sexual abuse is said to occur if subjects reported that it did occur on the researcher-designed sexual abuse history survey instrument. The self-report data on sexual abuse collected via this instrument included sexual abuse history data regarding how often the abuse occurred, who committed the abuse; the length of time the abuse lasted; whether the abuse was reported; the length of time that went by before the abuse was reported; whether counseling was received; and whether delinquency occurred prior to the abuse.
According to Hopper (1997), in Ameri
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