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Female Adolescent Runaways: Personality Patterns in Response to Physical or Sexual Abuse

Personality patterns of sexually abused female adolescent runaways are compared to personality patterns of physically abused female adolescent runaways. Eighty-six female adolescents from 13 to 17 years of age completed a self report inventory to determine personality traits. To test the hypotheses of the study, a multivariate analysis of variance was conducted, followed with univariate tests to find differences on separate dependent measures. Results indicated that on the Jesness Inventory there may be a common personality pattern associated with abuse. Univariate tests yielded data which indicated that although there may be a general personality pattern for abused adolescents, there were significant differences between the physically and sexually abused adolescents on some personality variables. Results were evaluated taking into account the selective sample from which the population was drawn. Recommendations for future research included the use of projectives, a more comprehensive personality inventory, and selected demographics.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc331388
Date08 1900
CreatorsKeefe, Carmen Kay
ContributorsHaynes, Jack Read, Johnson, Ray W., Dameron, Joseph D., Watkins, C. Edward
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvi, 117 leaves: ill., Text
RightsPublic, Keefe, Carmen Kay, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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