ArticleJournal of abnormal child psychology2013
Linking childhood sexual abuse and early adolescent risk behavior: the intervening role of internalizing and externalizing problems.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.
- Demographic and Psychosocial Factors Associated With Child Sexual Exploitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- The Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Risky Sexual Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Exploring Sexual Abuse, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Alcohol Use among Asian American Adults.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Measure Impulsivity among Trauma-Exposed Adults.Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment · 2025Article
- Investigating Trivariate Associations Between Risky Sexual Behavior, Internalizing Problems, and Externalizing Problems: A Twin Study.Behavior genetics · 2024Article
- Childhood maltreatment and alcohol and tobacco use trajectories in rural Chinese adolescents.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Patterns of Multidimensional Violence Exposure and Adolescent Early Sexual Initiation.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- The mediating role of self-regulation on the link between child maltreatment and later substance use among Latinx youth.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Article
- Sexual Risk Behavior among Adolescents Seeking Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Exploring Psychosocial & Symptom Correlates.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2022Article
- Responding to the opioid crisis in North America and beyond: recommendations of the Stanford-Lancet Commission.Lancet (London, England) · 2022Review
- Parental intervention strategies and operating mechanism on adolescent social media use-The concept of literacy improvement based on interaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Characterizing Typologies of Polytraumatization: A Replication and Extension Study Examining Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology in an Urban Population.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2021Article
- Externalizing Risk Pathways for Adolescent Substance Use and Its Developmental Onset: A Canadian Birth Cohort Study: Trajectoires de comportements extériorisés et le risque pour l'initiation et l'usage de substances des adolescents : Une étude de cohorte de naissance canadienne.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2021Article
- Childhood maltreatment, psychiatric symptoms, and suicidal thoughts among adolescents receiving substance use treatment services.Journal of adolescence · 2021Article
- Associations between a history of sexual abuse and dental anxiety, caries experience and oral hygiene status among adolescents in sub-urban South West Nigeria.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- The Influence of Religiosity on the Emotional-Behavioral Health of Adolescents.Journal of religion and health · 2020Article
- Early Adversity and Sexual Risk in Adolescence: Externalizing Behaviors as a Mediator.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2020Article
- Effect of child abuse and neglect on risk behaviors in inner-city minority female adolescents and young adults.Child abuse & neglect · 2020Article
- Child maltreatment and the development of substance use and disorder.Neurobiology of stress · 2019Review
- From child maltreatment to emerging adult problem drinking: Identification of a multilevel internalizing pathway among African American youth.Development and psychopathology · 2017Article
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Abstract
A robust literature links childhood sexual abuse (CSA) to later substance use and sexual risk behavior; yet, relatively little empirical attention has been devoted to identifying the mechanisms linking CSA to risky behavior among youth, with even less work examining such processes in boys. With the aim of addressing this gap in the literature, the current study examined the indirect effect of childhood sexual abuse (CSA; from age 2 to 12) trajectory group on risky behavior at age 14 (alcohol use & sexual intercourse) via the intervening role of caregiver-reported internalizing and externalizing problems at age 12. Analyses were conducted with a subsample of youth (n = 657 sexual intercourse; n = 667 alcohol use) from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN), a multisite prospective study of youth at risk for maltreatment. For boys and girls, there was an indirect effect from CSA to sexual intercourse through externalizing problems. The same pattern emerged for alcohol use, but only for girls. Findings did not support an indirect path through internalizing problems for either boys or girls for either outcome. Findings suggest more focal targets for prevention efforts aimed at maintaining the health and safety of maltreated boys and girls during the adolescent transition.
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