- Emotional reactions
- Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Self-perceptions
- Physical and biomedical effects
- Sexual effects
- Interpersonal effects
- Social functioning
Responses can vary greatly within the seven categories. Also, survivors may fluctuate between being highly symptomatic and relatively symptom-free. This variability is completely normal.
Sources:
- Administration for Children and Families
- National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
- National Institutes of Health-National Library of Medicine
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect