Table 1. Rates and characteristics of the specific forms of childhood sexual abuse experienced by the affected individuals, their communication/support experience, and their perpetrator’s status (N = 17).
Childhood sexual abuse | % | Perpetrator status | % |
CSA type | Female | 0.06 | |
Sexual invitation (i) * | 75.0 | Multiple individuals | 18.8 |
Sexual kissing (ii) | 62.5 | Forced or threatened you | 47.1 |
Fondling (iii) | 70.6 | Age of perpetrator(s) | |
Exposing (iv) | 60.0 | <15 y | 15.0 |
Sexual touching (v) | 26.7 | 15–18 y | 35.0 |
Intercourse (vi) | 37.5 | 19–24 y | 20.0 |
25–49 y | 15.0 | ||
After these incidents: | >50 y | 15.0 | |
I told no one | 81.3 | ||
I told someone and was believed and supported | 17.6 | Relationship with perpetrator | |
Relative living at home | 17.6 | ||
I told someone and was believed but not supported | 0.06 | Non-relative living at home | 0.0 |
Relative not living at home | 6.0 | ||
I told someone and was not believed, blame, or punished | 0.0 | Family friend or other important | 29.4 |
adult not living at home | |||
Telling someone put an end to the abuse | 100.0 | Acquaintance or neighbor | 41.2 |
Stranger | 17.6 |
Type as listed in Methods sub-section, ‘Sample and Assessment of Childhood Sexual Abuse’. 70.6% of affected individuals experienced more than one CSA type. Participants were classified into three exclusive, hierarchical exposure categories: (1) non-genital (N = 3 pairs) [numbers (i), (ii) and (iv)], (2) genital (N = 8 pairs) [numbers (iii) and (v)] and (3) intercourse (N = 6 pairs) [number (vi)].