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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 20(5) pp. 661-670, 1995
© 1995 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Somatic Symptoms in Sexually Abused Children1

William N. Friedrich2 and Lorraine C. Schafer

Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School

2All correspondence should be sent to W. N. Friedrich, Section of Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905

Contrasted a nonabused sample of 3 to 12-year-old children (n = 847) with a sexually abused sample (n = 252) with regards to somatic symptoms assessed via parent report, including the Child Behavior Checklist. Using ANCOVA, and controlling for family income, maternal education, age, and sex, the girls 3–6 years old who were abused and the boys 7–12 years old who were abused were reported to have the greatest number of somatic symptoms. Force and number of perpetrators were abuse-specific variables directly related to the number of somatic symptoms. Results suggest that for some children sexual abuse is related to an increased report of subjective somatic complaints.

Key words: somatic problems; sexual abuse; trauma; children.


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