tions upon them, and they continue to do so in the later years of their life.One of the problems that has been studied in the area of abuse is the aspect of revictimization. Is a person more susceptible to abuse as an adult? "In her probability sample of 930 women, Russell found that between 33% and 68% of the sexually abused participants were raped later on in adulthood." (Allers et al., 1994). In addition, people reported that child abuse victims are more likely to be abused later by husbands or other adult partners. There seems to be a high vulnerablity of childhood abuse survivors to be revictimized as adults. This phenomena is important because there is a link between childhood and adult abuse.Being able to build regular social skills is a major problem in the field of child abuse. Some behaviors include "developmental immaturity, opposition and aggression, withdrawal and passivity, self-deprecation and self-destruction, hypervigilance, and dissociation." (White and Allers, 1994). These characteristics, plus the lack of other social skills, it is quite hard to develop social relations. Many adolescents and adults are afraid to act out and even speak up, for fear that the abuse may begin again. "The essential task of learning how to modulate emotions is interrupted by an experience of maltreatment..." (Carey et al., 1996). All of these situations affect a person throughout their entire life and withhold them from leading a normal adulthood.Helpful StrategiesThere have been many studies done to attempt to find a way that abuse could be stopped. There really is no way to moniter this occurance, and therefore there is no way to feasibly end it. What researchers have done, however, is to try and provide therapy to the afflicted. One of the treatment methods suggested is that of facilitating disclosure. "Sexual abuse survivors generally seek treatment for the problematic feelings and behaviors caused by the abuse rather tha...
