113. Parent-child Relationships Among Youth Evaluated for Extra-familial Abuse at a Hospital-based Child Advocacy Center

Abstract

There has been limited research into how parents and adolescents appraise their relationship after youth experience extra-familial sexual assault, yet research has shown that supportive parental relationships can improve clinical outcomes for abused youth. In this study, we examined potential discrepancies in perceived parental support and control between parents and adolescent runaways being evaluated for abuse at a hospital-based Child Advocacy Center (CAC). We also examined what characteristics of abuse experiences, trauma responses, and risk behaviors might help predict any discrepancies in perception of the relationship.