Research has consistently shown that sexual victimization during childhood and adolescence can lead to negative outcomes. However, little research to date has sought to test whether these experiences can shape security of attachment in adulthood, an important concept in attachment theory. Utilizing a longitudinal community sample of African Americans, the current study tested whether sexual victimization during childhood and adolescence correlated with security of attachment in emerging adulthood while controlling for parenting. Results of regression analyses showed that sexual victimization did correlate with greater insecurity of attachment in emerging adulthood while controlling for parenting among females, but not males. Implications of these findings for policy and theory are discussed.

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性受害对新兴成年期依恋的影响：对非裔美国人样本的分析

研究一致表明，童年和青春期的性受害会导致负面结果。然而，迄今为止，很少有研究试图测试这些经历是否可以塑造成年期依恋的安全性，这是依恋理论中的一个重要概念。目前的研究利用非裔美国人的纵向社区样本，测试了在控制养育子女的同时，童年和青春期的性受害是否与成年后的依恋安全相关。回归分析的结果表明，性受害确实与成年后更大的依恋不安全感相关，同时控制女性的养育方式，而不是男性。讨论了这些发现对政策和理论的影响。