Correlates of Sexual Assault in Mexican American and White Non-Hispanic Adolescent Males

Psychosocial and emotional characteristics were assessed in a nonclinical sample of 1,385 adolescent Mexican American and White non-Hispanic males. Fifty-four males who reported being sexually assaulted one or more times were compared to 1,331 males who reported no history of sexual assault. Sexuall...

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Published in:Violence and victims 1998-04, Vol.13 (1), p.11-20
Main Authors: Kuhn, Jill A., Arellano, Charleanea M., Chavez, Ernest L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Behavioral Sciences
Child Abuse, Sexual - ethnology
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Child of Impaired Parents - psychology
Counseling
Cross-Cultural Comparison
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency - ethnology
Juvenile Delinquency - psychology
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Males
Marriage and Family Counselling
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans - psychology
Mexican Americans - statistics & numerical data
Personality Development
Policy, Social Justice, and Human Rights
Psychology
Psychosocial Factors
Sexual Assault
Social Adjustment
Social and Personality Psychology
Social Work
Southwestern United States
Whites
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Summary:Psychosocial and emotional characteristics were assessed in a nonclinical sample of 1,385 adolescent Mexican American and White non-Hispanic males. Fifty-four males who reported being sexually assaulted one or more times were compared to 1,331 males who reported no history of sexual assault. Sexually assaulted male victims were more emotionally distressed, socially isolated, deviant (e.g., lying & stealing), likely to affiliate with deviant peers, and to come from homes in which there was parental substance use, than males who did not report sexual assault. Significant differences were not found between Mexican American and White non-Hispanic assault victims. Implications of these findings are discussed.
ISSN:0886-6708
1945-7073
DOI:10.1891/0886-6708.13.1.11