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Thirty physically abused adolescents were compared via the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire to thirty nonabused adolescents who were from a similar background. Another control group was comprised of normal adolescents tested by Offer, Ostrov, and Howard (1981). Results showed that physically abused adolescents feel worse in a number of areas when compared to nonabused adolescents. These areas include family relations, emotional stability, psychopathology, impulse control, coping skills, as well as poorer overall self-image. Implications are drawn for the professional's treatment of abused children and their responsibility to report abuse.
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This study was completed as part of the first author's doctoral dissertation at California Graduate Institute.
Received Ph.D. from California Graduate Institute. Current research interests are psychoanalytic therapy and adolescent development.
Received Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
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Hjorth, C.W., Ostrov, E. The self-image of physically abused adolescents. J Youth Adolescence 11, 71–76 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01834704
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