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T H E L O N G S H A D O W O F S E X U A L A B U S E 1100__331155 ((0011)) FFMM..iinndddd ii 66//2211//1100 99::5599 AAMM 1100__331155 ((0011)) FFMM..iinndddd iiii 66//2211//1100 99::5599 AAMM T H E L O N G S H A D O W O F S E X U A L A B U S E Developmental Effects across the Life Cycle Calvin A. Colarusso, MD JASON ARONSON Lanham (cid:129) Boulder (cid:129) New York (cid:129) Toronto (cid:129) Plymouth, UK 1100__331155 ((0011)) FFMM..iinndddd iiiiii 66//2211//1100 99::5599 AAMM Published by Jason Aronson An imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com Estover Road, Plymouth PL6 7PY, United Kingdom Copyright © 2010 by Jason Aronson All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Colarusso, Calvin A. The long shadow of sexual abuse : developmental effects across the life cycle / Calvin A. Colarusso. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7657-0766-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7657-0768-0 (electronic) 1. Child sexual abuse—Case studies. 2. Adult child abuse victims—Case studies. I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Adult Survivors of Child Abuse—psychology—Case Reports. 2. Child Abuse, Sexual—psychology—Case Reports. 3. Personality Development—Case Reports. 4. Sexual Behavior—psychology—Case Reports. 5. Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic— psychology—Case Reports. WM 167 C793L 2010] RJ506.C48C646 2010 618.92'85836—dc22 2010014044 (cid:2) ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America 1100__331155 ((0011)) FFMM..iinndddd iivv 66//2211//1100 99::5599 AAMM I dedicate this book to those individuals and families who have suffered for a lifetime from the calamitous effects of chronic childhood sexual abuse. 1100__331155 ((0011)) FFMM..iinndddd vv 66//2211//1100 99::5599 AAMM 1100__331155 ((0011)) FFMM..iinndddd vvii 66//2211//1100 99::5599 AAMM Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 The First Decade of Life 9 3 Adolescence: Ages Twelve to Twenty 29 4 Three Adolescent Case Studies 55 5 Young Adulthood 81 6 The Decade of the Thirties 103 7 Middle Adulthood: Ages Forty to Sixty-Five 121 8 The Sexual Abuse of Six Girls by a Clergyman 139 9 Four Sisters: The Effect of Chronic Childhood Sexual Abuse on Fifty Years of Adolescent and Adult Development 155 References 177 Index 183 About the Author 187 — vii — 1100__331155 ((0011)) FFMM..iinndddd vviiii 66//2211//1100 99::5599 AAMM 1100__331155 ((0011)) FFMM..iinndddd vviiiiii 66//2211//1100 99::5599 AAMM Preface THIS BOOK HAS ONE SIMPLE PURPOSE—namely, to describe the profound inter- ferences with normal developmental processes that occur in every subse- quent developmental phase from the time of the abuse throughout childhood, adolescence, and young, middle, and late adulthood. I hope to demonstrate, convincingly, that the effects are lifelong. Some of the case histories of older individuals provide truly unique clini- cal material to be studied and understood, because in the nearly fifty years since the childhood sexual abuse they had never been evaluated nor told their stories to any mental health professional. Indeed, many of them had never talked to anyone about what they had experienced. The details are horrific and difficult to read. It has been my experience that not only clinicians, for whom this book is primarily written, but also educators, parents, indeed all concerned adults often use the term sexual abuse but do not know in any de- tail what children who are victimized experience. The book is organized as follows: a section on normal development for each developmental phase is followed by case histories, arranged chronologi- cally according to the age of the victims at the time I evaluated them. Then the effects of the sexual abuse are traced from the time that the abuse took place in childhood to the chronological present. For those individuals who were evaluated in childhood or adolescence, the developmental histories will be relatively short. For those who were evaluated in adulthood, including some in their sixties, the developmental effects cover decades; indeed, half a century. As is standard practice, all names and identifying details in the case histories have been altered to protect the privacy of the subjects. — ix — 1100__331155 ((0011)) FFMM..iinndddd iixx 66//2211//1100 99::5599 AAMM
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