The prevalence of child sexual abuse in community and student samples: a meta-analysis.

By Noemí Pereda, Georgina Guilera, M. Forns, J. Gómez-Benito. Clinical Psychology Review, 2009

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BACKGROUND Studies conducted internationally confirm that child sexual abuse is a much more widespread problem than previously thought, with even the lowest prevalence rates including a large number of victims that need to be taken into account. OBJECTIVE To carry out a meta-analysis of the prevalence of child sexual abuse in order to establish an overall international figure. METHODS Studies were retrieved from various electronic databases. The measure of interest was the prevalence of abuse reported in each article, these values being combined via a random effects model. A detailed analysis was conducted of the effects of various moderator variables. RESULTS Sixty-five articles covering 22 countries were included. The analysis showed that 7.9% of men (7.4% without outliers) and 19.7% of women (19.2% without outliers) had suffered some form of sexual abuse prior to the age of eighteen. CONCLUSIONS The results of the present meta-analysis indicate that child sexual abuse is a serious problem in the countries analysed.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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A Global Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse: Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Around the World (2011, methodology): “Another important difference between Pereda et al. (2009b) and our meta-analysis is that Pereda et al. (2009b) included only self-report studies whereas we also included informant studies using reports of professionals.”
The current prevalence of child sexual abuse worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2013, methodology): “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).”
Health Outcomes by Closeness of Sexual Abuse Perpetrator: A Test of Betrayal Trauma Theory (2012, result): “However, the prevalence of CSA in this sample is comparable to that found in other large, representative samples ( MacMillan et al, 1997 ; Moeller, Bachmann, & Moeller, 1993 ), as well as the results of a recent meta-analysis ( Pereda, Guilera, Forns, & Gomez-Benito, 2009 ).”