This study aims to examine the psychological problems, resilience, and stress-coping levels in sexually abused adolescents according to the characteristics of sexual abuse. Based on the study, it was found that sexually abused adolescents had significantly different mean scores for psychological problems, avoidant stress coping, and negative stress coping according to their proximity to the abuser, while there was no significant difference in their mean scores for resilience and active stress coping. As another study finding, sexually abused adolescents had significantly different scores for psychological problems, resilience, active stress coping, and negative stress coping according to previous exposure to sexual abuse, while their mean scores for avoidant stress coping did not significantly differ. There were significant differences in the mean scores of sexually abused adolescents for psychological problems, resilience, and active stress coping according to the duration of sexual abuse, while their mean scores for avoidant and negative stress coping did not significantly differ. Significant differences were also found among the mean scores of sexually abused adolescents for psychological problems, resilience, and avoidant stress coping according to the age of sexual abuse onset, while their mean scores for active stress coping and negative stress coping did not significantly differ. Finally, sexually abused adolescents significantly differed in their mean scores for psychological problems, resilience, active stress coping, avoidant stress coping, and negative stress coping according to the type of sexual abuse.
Cite this article as: Birel, S., & Yüksel Şahin, F. (2023). A study of psychological problems, resilience, and stress-coping levels in sexually abused adolescents according to the characteristics of sexual abuse. HAYEF: Journal of Education, 20(2), 191-202.