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  • Title: Childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual dysfunction: response to commentary by Rind and Tromovitch (2007).
    Author: Najman JM, Dunne MP, Boyle FM.
    Journal: Arch Sex Behav; 2007 Feb; 36(1):107-9. PubMed ID: 17186132.
    Abstract:
    Rind and Tromovitch (2007) raised four concerns relating to our article (Najman, Dunne, Purdie, Boyle, & Coxeter, 2005. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34, 517-526.) which suggested a causal association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and adult sexual dysfunction. We consider each of these concerns: magnitude of effect, cause and effect, confounding, and measurement error. We suggest that, while the concerns they raise represent legitimate reservations about the validity of our findings, on balance the available evidence indicates an association between CSA and sexual dysfunction that is of "moderate" magnitude, probably causal, and unlikely to be a consequence of confounding or measurement error.
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