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Stigmatization and the Development of Friendship and Romantic Relationships in Adolescent Victims of Sexual Abuse

Candice Feiring

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

Saul Rosenthal

Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

Lynn Taska

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

This study examines same- and other-sex friendship networks and perceptions of peer competence as functions of stigmatization, defined as shame and a self-blame attributional style. Fifty-six sexually abused adolescents were seen at the time of abuse discovery and 1 year later. Higher self-blame attributional style for the abuse was related to more satisfaction with other-sex friends and less satisfaction with same-sex friends. More shame was related to less satisfaction with same-sex friends and to having a larger number of other-sex friends. Higher self-blame attributional style was related to perceptions of poorer peer acceptance and close friendship and to perceptions of poorer romantic appeal. More shame was related to lower perceptions of peer acceptance and close friendship. The results support the idea that abuse victims who experience higher levels of shame and self-blame attributional style feel less capable of forming satisfying relationships with peers, friends, and potential romantic partners.

Child Maltreatment, Vol. 5, No. 4, 311-322 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559500005004003
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