Effects in Adulthood

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• Vulnerability to further abuse and exploitation

• Isolation

• Depression

• Drug, alcohol or food abuse

• Prostitution

• Inability to enter or sustain an intimate relationship

• Inability to function sexually, e.g., difficulty in arousal or avoidance of sexual intimacy

• Marital problems

• The risk of becoming an abuser

A variety of factors influence how sexual abuse impacts an individual. These factors include the age of the victim, the sex of the victim, the sex of the offender, the extent of the sexual abuse, the frequency of the abuse, the relationship between offender and victim, and the number of offenders involved.