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Psychosocial Correlates of Sexual Assault among Mexican American and White Non-Hispanic Adolescent Females

Charleanea M. Arellano

Jill A. Kuhn

Ernest L. Chavez

Colorado State University

Data were obtainedfrom a nonclinical sample of 1,121 Mexican American and White non-Hispanic adolescent females. Three hundred and three female participants who reported being sexually assaulted were compared to 793females who reported no history of sexual assault on a number of psychosocial characteristics. Male participants were excluded due to small N. White non-Hispanic adolescent females were twice as likely to report sexual assault as Mexican American adolescentfemales. Although rates of sexual assault differed across ethnicity, ethnicity did not influence the relationship between sexual assault and psychosocial characteristics of victims. Results did indicate, however; that sexual assault victims reported more emotional distress, more social isolation and more deviant behavior than nonvictims. Likewise, sexual assault victims reported poorer school adjustment, were more likely to affiliate with deviant peers, and were more likely to come from homes in which there was parental substance use and family conflict.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 4, 446-460 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/07399863970194004
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