| Abstract: | Sexual abuse of males by female maternal caregivers is an underreported and little studied phenomenon. The present study examined two seemingly diverse groups of adult males who had been sexually abused as children by their female maternal caregiver: those in treatment at a clinic which specialized in working with sexual abuse survivors and those in treatment at a clinic which specialized in working with sexual offenders. This study suggests that the MMPI profiles of these two groups of adult males show greater psychological disruption than do the MMPI profiles of adult males who as children had not been vitimized by females or had been victimized by older males. Thus, treatment strategies may need to be formulated on the basis of the gender of the victimzer as well as on the gender of the victim. |
