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Child Maltreatment, Vol. 7, No. 3, 187-197 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559502007003002

Characteristics of Young Children With Sexual Behavior Problems: A Pilot Study

Jane F. Silovsky

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Larissa Niec

Central Michigan University

Sexual behavior problems (SBP) have been increasingly recognizedin young children. Despite rising awareness, previousresearch has focused on school-age children with SBP andadolescent sex offenders. The purpose of the current study wasto investigate the history, adjustment, and social environmentof preschool children with SBP. Thirty-seven young childrenwith SBP were evaluated. As expected, significantemotional and behavior problems were evident, and caregiversreported high levels of stress related to parenting. Contraryto findings among school-age samples, more of thechildren were female (65%) than male (35%). Many(62%) did not have substantiated histories of sexual abuse.Many children had experienced physical abuse (47%) and/or witnessed interparental violence (58%). Only four(11%) had no known history of sexual abuse, physicalabuse, or witnessing domestic violence. Although further researchis necessary, results supported the need to consider thedevelopmentally unique presentation of young children withSBP.

Key Words: young children • sexual behavior problems


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