A Global Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse: Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Around the World

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Psychological injury in victims of child sexual abuse: A meta-analytic review (2015, background): “Additionally, both epidemiological studies (WHO, 2014) and several meta-analysis (Pereda, Guilera, Forns, & Gómez-Benito, 2009; Stoltenborgh et al., 2011) have coincided in that females had CSA/ASA rates around 18% to 20% higher than the 8% prevalence rate for males.”
The Long-Term Health Consequences of Child Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, and Neglect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2012, background): “To minimise how participants’ subjective perceptions and definitions shape the answers, it is recommended that self-report studies clearly specify the behaviours and experiences being investigated, and that each sub-type of abuse and neglect is explored using multiple behaviourally specific question”
The current prevalence of child sexual abuse worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2013, background): “Two recent meta-analyses consistently showed CSA prevalence of 18–20 % for women and 8 % for men worldwide (Stoltenborgh et al. 2011; Pereda et al. 2009b).”
The epidemiology of traumatic event exposure worldwide: results from the World Mental Health Survey Consortium (2015, result): “Our finding that sexual violence is reported most often in Australia, New Zealand and the USA, which is consistent with two recent publications (Stoltenborgh et al. 2011; Abrahams et al. 2014), may very well be due to this latter explanation.”