Childhood Sexual Abuse & Runaway Behavior

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" Introduction
Papalia and Olds (1992) report that in the United States two million children per year are abused and neglected and that a substantial portion of these children are victims of sexual abused or incest. One way in which many young people respond to childhood sexual abuse/incest is by running away from home. The purpose of this paper is to examine a sampling of the current literature (studies conducted from 1990 to 1993) for connections between childhood sexual abuse and youth runaway behavior.

Childhood Sexual Abuse & Youth Runaway Behavior
As just noted, one finding that has been repeatedly observed in the childhood sexual abuse and runaway literature is that sexually abused children often runaway from home as teens. This can be seen in a study conducted by Feitel, Margetson, Chamas and.."

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