Childhood Sexual Abuse: Annotated Bibliography

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Annotated Bibliography Childhood Sexual Abuse Jennifer Gudino Governors State University

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Sciolla, A; Glover, DA; Loeb, TB; Zhang, M; Myers, HF; & Wyatt, GE. (2011). Childhood sexual abuse severity and disclosure as predictors of depression among adult African-American and Latina women. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 199(7), 471 - 477. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31822142ac. UCLA: 426106. Retrieved from: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7764z6r5

The purpose of this study is to show the history of childhood sexual abuse within African American and Latina Women and how it’s been associated with adult depression. …show more content…

Glamb, Lauren. (2011). Disclosure among Latina and African American women with A history of childhood sexual abuse: A preliminary investigation, Pepperdine University, 236 pages;3419834

With A History of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Preliminary Investigation is a qualitative study that observes thematic similarities and differences between African American women and Latinas that are childhood sexual abuse survivors that either disclosed or did not disclose the abuse and why.
This study will allow me to illustrate the impact of child sexual abuse and the disclosure associated with African American and Latina cultural …show more content…

f., Salinas, N. I., & Perez, N. (2009). Brief Report: Attitudes About Responding to Survey Questions Concerning Childhood Sexual Abuse by Hispanic Female College Students. Journal Of Child Sexual Abuse, 18(5), 574-581. doi:10.1080/10538710903182719
The purpose of this study was to ask personal questions and specific questions about child sexual abuse to Hispanic college students. The students were handed questionnaires about child sexual abuse, drug and alcohol use, and the levels of discomfort answering personal questions.
This article was very informative of the disclosure and non-disclosure based on discomfort and the barrier it causes victims of child sexual abuse and how it effects victims asking for help.
Rivera-Vélez, G. M., González-Viruet, M., Martínez-Taboas, A., & Pérez-Mojica, D. (2014). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociation, and Neuropsychological Performance in Latina Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Journal Of Child Sexual Abuse, 23(1), 55-73. doi:10.1080/10538712.2014.864746
In this research the authors took 12 women with histories of child sexual abuse and 12 women without history of child sexual abuse. The purpose of the study was to compare the memory, attention, concentration, executive functioning, and detecting the presence of PTSD by using a neuropsychological

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