Table 2

CSA Outcome Measures and Effect Sizes

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  Note.
CSA = child sexual abuse, dAUW = average unweighted effect size, dAW = average weighted effect size, 
CI = confidence interval,  BESDAW.= average weighted binomial effect size display.

Outcome

No. of inci-
dents

N

dAUW
SD
CI (95%)

dAW
SD
CI (95%)

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BESDAW

% Increase

PTSD

26 6,860 .50
.56
-0.5 to 1.05
.40
.03
.37 to .43
73.40 r = .20
59.85 40.14
40.14  59.85
.20

Depression

25 6,417 .63
.73
-.11 to 1.36
.44
.03
.41 to .47
95.30 r = .21
60.73 39.26
39.26 60.73
.21

Suicide

10 4,008 .64
.41
.17 to 1.11
.44
.04
.40 to .48
39.18 r = .21
60.66 39.33
39.33 60.66
.21

Sexual promiscuity

14 4,386 .59
.79
-.20 to 1.38
.29
.04
.25 to .32
49.29 r = .14
57.06 42.93
42.93 57.06
.14

Victim-perpetrator cycle

7 2,513 .41
.30
.10 to .71
.16
.05
.11 to .21
14.88 r = .08
54.03 45.96
45.96 54.03
.08

Academic performance

5 1,103 .24
.51
-.26 to .75
.19
.07
.12 to .26
5.20 r = .10 .10

 

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