Child sexual abuse, interpersonal relationships and self perceptions of adolescent girls.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between CSA, interpersonal relationships and self-perceptions of adolescent girls. A simple random sampling technique was used to select female students. Findings established a weak significant negative relationship between CSA and interpersonal relations of adolescent girls. There was a weak significant negative relationship between CSA and self-perceptions of adolescent girls. There was a moderate significant positive relationship between interpersonal relations and self-perceptions of adolescent girls.