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En los últimos años se han venido incrementando la frecuencia y gravedad de la violencia filio-pa... more En los últimos años se han venido incrementando la frecuencia y gravedad de la violencia filio-parental (VFP) (Nowakowski-Sims y Rowe, 2015).El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar, en una muestra de estudiantes de educación secundaria, las relaciones del estilo educativo empleado por los padres, el estrés y el consumo de alcohol y drogas por parte de los participantes con la comisión de VFP.
Female college students between 17 and 24 years of age (M = 19.44, SD = 1.64) from a southern Spa... more Female college students between 17 and 24 years of age (M = 19.44, SD = 1.64) from a southern Spanish University were surveyed. Of 1547 respondents, 153 (9.90%) reported having suffered some form of CSA before the age of 15. Information about the characteristics of abuse (age of onset, type of abuse suffered, continuity of abuse, and relationship with and age of the perpetrator) and the existence of abuse disclosure by the survivor was obtained from a self-reported questionnaire developed for the present study. The Attributions of Responsibility and Blame Scale (McMillen & Zuravin, 1997) was used to assess attributions made about CSA (self-blame, perpetrator blame and family blame).
El abuso sexual infantil (CSA) es un problema social grave, común a todas las sociedades, con tas... more El abuso sexual infantil (CSA) es un problema social grave, común a todas las sociedades, con tasas de prevalencia que oscilan entre el 8% y el 31% entre las mujeres a nivel internacional (Barth, Bermetz, Heim, Trelle y Tonia, 2013). La investigación ha encontrado de manera consistente que las víctimas de ASI tienen un elevado riesgo de desarrollar problemas psicológicos y conductuales, que van desde síntomas de ansiedad y depresión hasta trastornos sexuales y revictimización (e.g., Mansbach-Kleinfeld, Ifrah, Apter y Farbstein, 2015; Vaillancourt-Morela, Godbout, Labadie, Runtz, Lussier, y Sabourin., 2015).
International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD de Psicología., 2016
The objective of the study was to analyze possible differences with regard to different rearing b... more The objective of the study was to analyze possible differences with regard to different rearing behaviors expressed by fathers and mothers on the socialization of sons and daughters during late adolescence and young adulthood. Participants were 193 students from the University of Granada, 149 of them being women and 44 men. They completed the Questionnaire on Rearing Practices (Supple, Peterson & Bush, 2004), which assesses six dimensions of parenting, regarding the father and the mother: Support, Positive Induction, Monitoring (Behavioral Control), Autonomy Granting, Punitiveness and Love Withdrawal. Results indicate that sons and daughters perceived a different parenting style by the father, but only in two of the dimensions evaluated (Positive Induction and Punitiveness). However, they did not perceived in a different way maternal parenting (only Love withdrawal approached the significance). With regard to the possible differences in parenting behaviors by foster parents, mothers performed higher levels of Induction, Monitoring and Support with both sons and daughters. The only dimension of parenting behavior in which father scores were higher than mother's was Autonomy Granting with male children, but without reaching the statistical significance. Finally, regarding to the use of inappropriate methods of discipline, mothers showed a greater level of Punitiveness with daughters than fathers, while in the case of the male children mothers also scored significantly higher than parents on Love withdrawal.
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Feminist Criminology, 2021
This study aimed to propose and empirically test a model of the role of beliefs and emotions, sel... more This study aimed to propose and empirically test a model of the role of beliefs and emotions, self-destructive coping, and anxious attachment in the etiology of depression among a sample of 217 female survivors of child sexual abuse. The structural equation model showed a direct path from feelings of betrayal, self-destructive coping, and major anxious attachment to depression. The model also showed an indirect path (via self-destructive coping and anxious attachment) from feelings of powerlessness—particularly self-blame/stigma—to depression. The present results confirmed the existence of an explanatory model of depression risk in young adult women.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of attachment style and emotional security... more The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of attachment style and emotional security in the family system on suicidal ideation in a sample of young adult female victims of child sexual abuse (CSA). The possible effects of CSA characteristics and other types of child abuse on suicidal ideation were controlled for. The sample consisted of 188 female college students who had been victims of sexual abuse before the age of 18, as well as 188 randomly selected participants who had not experienced CSA. The results showed that both attachment and emotional security were associated with suicidal ideation, even when controlling for both the characteristics of abuse and the existence of other abuses. The strong relationships of emotional security and attachment style with suicidal ideation suggest the importance of early intervention with children who have been sexually abused and their families, in an effort to optimize their attachment style, as well as to decrease emotional ins...
Child Abuse & Neglect, 2019
Background: Children exposed to sexual abuse are at risk for developing several psychological and... more Background: Children exposed to sexual abuse are at risk for developing several psychological and behavioral difficulties during adulthood. Here, direct and indirect effects of family conflict, insecurity within the family system (manifested as disengagement and/or preoccupation), and negative feelings provoked by childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on trait anxiety scores were analyzed with structural equation modeling. Both Finkelhor and Browne's traumagenic dynamics model and Davies and Cummings Emotional Security Theory were applied. Methods: A total of 168 female college student survivors of CSA participated in this study. Information regarding each participant's abuse was obtained from a self-reported questionnaires. Emotional security was assessed with the Security in the Family System scale. To assess negative feelings regarding abuse and trait anxiety, Children's Impact of Traumatic Events Scale-Revised and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were applied, respectively. Results: Level of family conflict was found to directly relate to emotional insecurity and trait anxiety. In addition, preoccupation strategies were found to be directly related to trait anxiety. Conversely, disengagement strategies were indirectly related to anxiety through the negative feelings provoked by abuse. Experience with other types of abuse and/or neglect was also related to emotional insecurity and feelings provoked by CSA. Meanwhile, continuity of abuse only correlated with feelings provoked by abuse. Conclusions: Strong relationships between family conflict, emotional insecurity, negative feelings provoked by CSA and trait anxiety were observed. These results suggest that treatment of CSA survivors should focus on improving security within the survivors' family system and reducing negative feelings provoked by abuse.
Child Abuse & Neglect, 2016
The Emotional Security Theory (EST) was originally developed to investigate the association betwe... more The Emotional Security Theory (EST) was originally developed to investigate the association between high levels of interparental conflict and child maladaptative outcome. The objective of the present study was to analyze the effects of emotional security in the family system on psychological distress among a sample of young female adult survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA). The role of emotional security was investigated through the interactive effects of a number of factors including the type of abuse, the continuity of abuse, the relationship with the perpetrator and the existence of disclosure for the abuse. Participants were 167 female survivors of CSA. Information about the abuse was obtained from a self-reported questionnaire. Emotional security was assessed with the Security in the Family System (SIFS) Scale, and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) was used to assess psychological distress. In the total sample, insecurity (preoccupation and disengagement) was correlated with high psychological distress scores, whereas no relationship was found between security and psychological distress. The relationship between emotional insecurity and psychological distress was stronger in cases of continued abuse and nondisclosure, while the relationship between emotional security and distress was stronger in cases of extrafamilial abuse and especially isolated or several incidents and when a disclosure had been made. No interactive effect was found between any of the three emotional variables and the type of abuse committed. The results of the current study suggest that characteristics of CSA such as relationship with the perpetrator and, especially, continuity of abuse and whether or not disclosure had been made, can affect the impact of emotional security on psychological distress of CSA survivors.
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](Psicothema, 2011
Employing structural equation modeling, the direct and indirect effects of the severity of Child ... more Employing structural equation modeling, the direct and indirect effects of the severity of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), attributions of blame for the abuse, and coping strategies on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology are analyzed. The effects of other types of child maltreatment on PTSD were also controlled. The sample comprised 163 female college students who were victims of CSA. The results suggested that victims of more severe abuse showed higher levels of avoidant coping, self blame, and family blame. Having suffered other kinds of abuse or neglect was also related to higher family blame attributions. Lastly, both attributions of blame scales were indirectly related to PTSD symptomatology through avoidant coping. The strong relationships between attributions of blame, coping strategies, and PTSD suggest that it might be useful to intervene early with children who have suffered CSA in an effort to modify the attributions they make about the abuse and the way they c...
Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 2011
The present study examined the relationship between feelings provoked by child sexual abuse (CSA)... more The present study examined the relationship between feelings provoked by child sexual abuse (CSA) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom scores in a sample of 163 female survivors of CSA. Finkelhor and Browne's traumagenic dynamics model was applied. The interactive effects of provoked feelings with perpetrator age and the existence of abuse disclosure were also studied. Results showed an overall relationship between feelings provoked by CSA and PTSD symptom scores. Feelings of stigma, betrayal, and powerlessness as a result of CSA were associated with PTSD symptom score when the entire group of CSA victims was analyzed. The role of traumatic sexualization was relevant only when analyzed in interaction with the age of the perpetrator and disclosure. The relationship between traumatic sexualization and PTSD symptom scores was only significant when the abuse was committed by an adult perpetrator and when a disclosure was made during the time of abuse, or a short time after the abuse had occurred.
Madrid: Pirámide, 2007
ABSTRACT
Un modelo de los efectos del abuso sexual infantil sobre el estrés post-traumático: el rol mediad... more Un modelo de los efectos del abuso sexual infantil sobre el estrés post-traumático: el rol mediador de las atribuciones de culpa y afrontamiento de evitación
Suma Psicologica, 2010
... los sujetos en conducta delictiva con independencia del sexo y la fueron la cohesión existent... more ... los sujetos en conducta delictiva con independencia del sexo y la fueron la cohesión existente den-edad y sin que las demás varia-tro de la familia (Coeficiente es-bles evaluadas del contexto ia-tánciar-- 365 pc OOBi y el sexo millar parezcan importantes para de los sujetos ...
Reducción alta El estudio consta de tres apartados fundamentales: (1) revisión y análisis crítico... more Reducción alta El estudio consta de tres apartados fundamentales: (1) revisión y análisis crítico de las teorías sobre motivación de logro (2) análisis detallado de los principales sistemas de medida de la necesidad de logro (3) investigación empírica sobre las relaciones entre motivación de logro y la personalidad en adolescentes de ambos sexos estudiantes. En la investigación se lleva a cabo un proceso de selección de la medida mas adecuada (mayor fiabilidad y validez) tanto del motivo de éxito como del miedo de fracaso llegándose a la conclusión de que es la puntuación combinada n ach tat-das la mas adecuada. A continuación se relaciona esta medida de la motivación de logro con cada uno de los 16 factores de personalidad del cuestionario de R. B. Cattell. Univ. de Granada, Departamento de Psicología. Leída el 31-10-84
En los últimos años se han venido incrementando la frecuencia y gravedad de la violencia filio-pa... more En los últimos años se han venido incrementando la frecuencia y gravedad de la violencia filio-parental (VFP) (Nowakowski-Sims y Rowe, 2015).El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar, en una muestra de estudiantes de educación secundaria, las relaciones del estilo educativo empleado por los padres, el estrés y el consumo de alcohol y drogas por parte de los participantes con la comisión de VFP.
Female college students between 17 and 24 years of age (M = 19.44, SD = 1.64) from a southern Spa... more Female college students between 17 and 24 years of age (M = 19.44, SD = 1.64) from a southern Spanish University were surveyed. Of 1547 respondents, 153 (9.90%) reported having suffered some form of CSA before the age of 15. Information about the characteristics of abuse (age of onset, type of abuse suffered, continuity of abuse, and relationship with and age of the perpetrator) and the existence of abuse disclosure by the survivor was obtained from a self-reported questionnaire developed for the present study. The Attributions of Responsibility and Blame Scale (McMillen & Zuravin, 1997) was used to assess attributions made about CSA (self-blame, perpetrator blame and family blame).
El abuso sexual infantil (CSA) es un problema social grave, común a todas las sociedades, con tas... more El abuso sexual infantil (CSA) es un problema social grave, común a todas las sociedades, con tasas de prevalencia que oscilan entre el 8% y el 31% entre las mujeres a nivel internacional (Barth, Bermetz, Heim, Trelle y Tonia, 2013). La investigación ha encontrado de manera consistente que las víctimas de ASI tienen un elevado riesgo de desarrollar problemas psicológicos y conductuales, que van desde síntomas de ansiedad y depresión hasta trastornos sexuales y revictimización (e.g., Mansbach-Kleinfeld, Ifrah, Apter y Farbstein, 2015; Vaillancourt-Morela, Godbout, Labadie, Runtz, Lussier, y Sabourin., 2015).
International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD de Psicología., 2016
The objective of the study was to analyze possible differences with regard to different rearing b... more The objective of the study was to analyze possible differences with regard to different rearing behaviors expressed by fathers and mothers on the socialization of sons and daughters during late adolescence and young adulthood. Participants were 193 students from the University of Granada, 149 of them being women and 44 men. They completed the Questionnaire on Rearing Practices (Supple, Peterson & Bush, 2004), which assesses six dimensions of parenting, regarding the father and the mother: Support, Positive Induction, Monitoring (Behavioral Control), Autonomy Granting, Punitiveness and Love Withdrawal. Results indicate that sons and daughters perceived a different parenting style by the father, but only in two of the dimensions evaluated (Positive Induction and Punitiveness). However, they did not perceived in a different way maternal parenting (only Love withdrawal approached the significance). With regard to the possible differences in parenting behaviors by foster parents, mothers performed higher levels of Induction, Monitoring and Support with both sons and daughters. The only dimension of parenting behavior in which father scores were higher than mother's was Autonomy Granting with male children, but without reaching the statistical significance. Finally, regarding to the use of inappropriate methods of discipline, mothers showed a greater level of Punitiveness with daughters than fathers, while in the case of the male children mothers also scored significantly higher than parents on Love withdrawal.
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Feminist Criminology, 2021
This study aimed to propose and empirically test a model of the role of beliefs and emotions, sel... more This study aimed to propose and empirically test a model of the role of beliefs and emotions, self-destructive coping, and anxious attachment in the etiology of depression among a sample of 217 female survivors of child sexual abuse. The structural equation model showed a direct path from feelings of betrayal, self-destructive coping, and major anxious attachment to depression. The model also showed an indirect path (via self-destructive coping and anxious attachment) from feelings of powerlessness—particularly self-blame/stigma—to depression. The present results confirmed the existence of an explanatory model of depression risk in young adult women.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of attachment style and emotional security... more The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of attachment style and emotional security in the family system on suicidal ideation in a sample of young adult female victims of child sexual abuse (CSA). The possible effects of CSA characteristics and other types of child abuse on suicidal ideation were controlled for. The sample consisted of 188 female college students who had been victims of sexual abuse before the age of 18, as well as 188 randomly selected participants who had not experienced CSA. The results showed that both attachment and emotional security were associated with suicidal ideation, even when controlling for both the characteristics of abuse and the existence of other abuses. The strong relationships of emotional security and attachment style with suicidal ideation suggest the importance of early intervention with children who have been sexually abused and their families, in an effort to optimize their attachment style, as well as to decrease emotional ins...
Child Abuse & Neglect, 2019
Background: Children exposed to sexual abuse are at risk for developing several psychological and... more Background: Children exposed to sexual abuse are at risk for developing several psychological and behavioral difficulties during adulthood. Here, direct and indirect effects of family conflict, insecurity within the family system (manifested as disengagement and/or preoccupation), and negative feelings provoked by childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on trait anxiety scores were analyzed with structural equation modeling. Both Finkelhor and Browne's traumagenic dynamics model and Davies and Cummings Emotional Security Theory were applied. Methods: A total of 168 female college student survivors of CSA participated in this study. Information regarding each participant's abuse was obtained from a self-reported questionnaires. Emotional security was assessed with the Security in the Family System scale. To assess negative feelings regarding abuse and trait anxiety, Children's Impact of Traumatic Events Scale-Revised and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were applied, respectively. Results: Level of family conflict was found to directly relate to emotional insecurity and trait anxiety. In addition, preoccupation strategies were found to be directly related to trait anxiety. Conversely, disengagement strategies were indirectly related to anxiety through the negative feelings provoked by abuse. Experience with other types of abuse and/or neglect was also related to emotional insecurity and feelings provoked by CSA. Meanwhile, continuity of abuse only correlated with feelings provoked by abuse. Conclusions: Strong relationships between family conflict, emotional insecurity, negative feelings provoked by CSA and trait anxiety were observed. These results suggest that treatment of CSA survivors should focus on improving security within the survivors' family system and reducing negative feelings provoked by abuse.
Child Abuse & Neglect, 2016
The Emotional Security Theory (EST) was originally developed to investigate the association betwe... more The Emotional Security Theory (EST) was originally developed to investigate the association between high levels of interparental conflict and child maladaptative outcome. The objective of the present study was to analyze the effects of emotional security in the family system on psychological distress among a sample of young female adult survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA). The role of emotional security was investigated through the interactive effects of a number of factors including the type of abuse, the continuity of abuse, the relationship with the perpetrator and the existence of disclosure for the abuse. Participants were 167 female survivors of CSA. Information about the abuse was obtained from a self-reported questionnaire. Emotional security was assessed with the Security in the Family System (SIFS) Scale, and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) was used to assess psychological distress. In the total sample, insecurity (preoccupation and disengagement) was correlated with high psychological distress scores, whereas no relationship was found between security and psychological distress. The relationship between emotional insecurity and psychological distress was stronger in cases of continued abuse and nondisclosure, while the relationship between emotional security and distress was stronger in cases of extrafamilial abuse and especially isolated or several incidents and when a disclosure had been made. No interactive effect was found between any of the three emotional variables and the type of abuse committed. The results of the current study suggest that characteristics of CSA such as relationship with the perpetrator and, especially, continuity of abuse and whether or not disclosure had been made, can affect the impact of emotional security on psychological distress of CSA survivors.
Psicothema, 2011
Employing structural equation modeling, the direct and indirect effects of the severity of Child ... more Employing structural equation modeling, the direct and indirect effects of the severity of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), attributions of blame for the abuse, and coping strategies on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology are analyzed. The effects of other types of child maltreatment on PTSD were also controlled. The sample comprised 163 female college students who were victims of CSA. The results suggested that victims of more severe abuse showed higher levels of avoidant coping, self blame, and family blame. Having suffered other kinds of abuse or neglect was also related to higher family blame attributions. Lastly, both attributions of blame scales were indirectly related to PTSD symptomatology through avoidant coping. The strong relationships between attributions of blame, coping strategies, and PTSD suggest that it might be useful to intervene early with children who have suffered CSA in an effort to modify the attributions they make about the abuse and the way they c...
Anxiety, Stress & Coping, 2011
The present study examined the relationship between feelings provoked by child sexual abuse (CSA)... more The present study examined the relationship between feelings provoked by child sexual abuse (CSA) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom scores in a sample of 163 female survivors of CSA. Finkelhor and Browne's traumagenic dynamics model was applied. The interactive effects of provoked feelings with perpetrator age and the existence of abuse disclosure were also studied. Results showed an overall relationship between feelings provoked by CSA and PTSD symptom scores. Feelings of stigma, betrayal, and powerlessness as a result of CSA were associated with PTSD symptom score when the entire group of CSA victims was analyzed. The role of traumatic sexualization was relevant only when analyzed in interaction with the age of the perpetrator and disclosure. The relationship between traumatic sexualization and PTSD symptom scores was only significant when the abuse was committed by an adult perpetrator and when a disclosure was made during the time of abuse, or a short time after the abuse had occurred.
Madrid: Pirámide, 2007
ABSTRACT
Un modelo de los efectos del abuso sexual infantil sobre el estrés post-traumático: el rol mediad... more Un modelo de los efectos del abuso sexual infantil sobre el estrés post-traumático: el rol mediador de las atribuciones de culpa y afrontamiento de evitación
Suma Psicologica, 2010
... los sujetos en conducta delictiva con independencia del sexo y la fueron la cohesión existent... more ... los sujetos en conducta delictiva con independencia del sexo y la fueron la cohesión existente den-edad y sin que las demás varia-tro de la familia (Coeficiente es-bles evaluadas del contexto ia-tánciar-- 365 pc OOBi y el sexo millar parezcan importantes para de los sujetos ...
Reducción alta El estudio consta de tres apartados fundamentales: (1) revisión y análisis crítico... more Reducción alta El estudio consta de tres apartados fundamentales: (1) revisión y análisis crítico de las teorías sobre motivación de logro (2) análisis detallado de los principales sistemas de medida de la necesidad de logro (3) investigación empírica sobre las relaciones entre motivación de logro y la personalidad en adolescentes de ambos sexos estudiantes. En la investigación se lleva a cabo un proceso de selección de la medida mas adecuada (mayor fiabilidad y validez) tanto del motivo de éxito como del miedo de fracaso llegándose a la conclusión de que es la puntuación combinada n ach tat-das la mas adecuada. A continuación se relaciona esta medida de la motivación de logro con cada uno de los 16 factores de personalidad del cuestionario de R. B. Cattell. Univ. de Granada, Departamento de Psicología. Leída el 31-10-84