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Article: Adolescent survivors of sexual abuse: developmental outcomes.
- Article from:
- The Prevention Researcher
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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Sexual abuse can take many forms, from abuse within the family during childhood or adolescence to dating violence at the hands of an intimate partner or acquaintance. It is important to attend to these experiences because of the negative impact they can have on mental and physical health across the lifespan. However, not all youth who experience sexual victimization will have negative outcomes. Resilience, defined as positive development following adversity, is possible in the presence of resources both within individuals and their broader social context (e.g. Banyard & Williams, in press; Hyman & Williams, 2001). Using Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological model as a guiding ...