Table 2
Meta-analyses of 18 Psychological Correlates with
Child Sexual Abuse Symptoms
Symptoms
|
k
|
ES
|
95% CI
|
Q
|
| Alcohol [problems] |
3 |
.32 |
.21-.43 |
14.27 |
| Anxiety |
16 |
.23 |
.18-.28 |
50.77 |
| Depression |
21 |
.25 |
.20-.30 |
81.76 |
| Dissociation |
7 |
.36 |
.22-.50 |
8.17* |
| Eating disorders |
8 |
.26 |
.16-.36 |
32.47 |
| Hostilty |
2 |
.26 |
.08-.44 |
.24* |
| Interpersonal Sensitivity |
4 |
.30 |
.16-.44 |
19.23 |
| Locus of Control |
4 |
.10 |
-.06-.26 |
1.59* |
| Obsessive-Compulsive [symptomatology] |
5 |
.25 |
.13-.37 |
1.71* |
| Paranoia |
5 |
.19 |
.07-.31 |
15.63 |
| Phobia |
3 |
.35 |
.21-.49 |
9.42 |
| Psychotic symptoms |
5 |
.21 |
.09-.33 |
5.26* |
| Self-esteem |
8 |
.04 |
-.06-.14 |
36.13 |
| Sexual adjustment |
13 |
.14 |
.06-.22 |
21.75 |
| Social adjustment |
6 |
.23 |
.13-.33 |
18.17 |
| Somatization |
11 |
.24 |
.14-.34 |
16.74* |
| Suicide |
2 |
.35 |
.17-.53 |
7.27 |
| Wide [Overall] adjustment |
7 |
.15 |
.05-.25 |
48.35 |
Note.
 | k is the number of effect sizes used in
meta-analysis; |
| ES = Effect Size is the weighted mean effect size
(positive values indicating poorer adjustment in child-sexual-abuse
participants); |
| Q is the value used in the test for homogeneity. |
| * = Chi square p < .05 |
|