The suffering of a victim of child sexual abuse

Public health, 1991

This study reports the results of questioning 1,253 women about experiences of sexual abuse during childhood. An incidence of 3.5% was identified; many of those affected reported benefit from the opportunity to discuss what had happened, an aspect which should be facilitated during routine consultations. The study identified a substantial burden on emotional health presenting into adult life.

Journal of Medical Sciences

Sexual abuse has existed since ancient times, in all strata of every society, but has remained under reported. The few cases that do get reported are an important source of knowledge about the patterns and consequences of abuse. Following five vignettes show-case abuse experience and sequelae in the victims. The victims experienced trauma between the age of 4 to 12 years, three of them were males and four were the eldest issues in their families. In four cases the perpetrator was a relative. None of the subjects was abused by more than one perpetrator and only one was abused continuously over the years. The commonest manifestations were anxiety, depression, dissociation, somatization and obsessive traits. All these facts would hold a key value for clinicians posed with challenges of evaluating abuse patients. (JK-Practitioner 2006;13(Suppl 1):S79-S81 S Keywords : Childhood sexual abuse, anxiety, depression, dissociation, somatization

INTRAFAMILY SEXUAL ABUSE AND INSTITUTIONAL CARE OF CHILDREN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: A CASE STUDY (Atena Editora), 2022

Sexual abuse impacts different spheres of a child's life, generating consequences for physical, psychological, social, affective and cognitive development. This study aims to present the phenomenon of intrafamily sexual abuse and the psychological, social and legal aspects experienced by victims. For that, a case study of two brothers victims of sexual abuse was used. Observation of the children was carried out in the institutional reception environment; projective techniques with social educators, and documentary research of the legal processes of the brothers, o In 2018, the brothers were welcomed after presenting, in an emergency medical consultation, signs of sexual violence and neglect of care. The documents contained in the legal proceedings found intrafamily sexual abuse, neglect of parental care, developmental problems: speech delay and muscle tone; and difficulty in establishing affective bonds and socialization, among other health problems. The storytelling of the educators showed anguish and commitment in the care of the brothers. The observation of the children pointed to the global improvement over the months, the establishment of affective bonds and initial difficulties overcome. It is concluded that the institutional reception promoted an environment of protection and individualized and affective care, allowing the siblings to develop again and to establish an affective bond between themselves and with others. The study reiterates the seriousness of sexual abuse in early childhood, highlights the serious violation of rights, which must be addressed within the scope of public and mental health and social assistance, implementing and expanding public policies aimed at early childhood.

Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 2011

In the United States, annual prevalence factors indicate that 25% of women are reported survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Existential concerns and basic purposes within the physical, social, personal and spiritual dimensions of female CSA survivors' worldviews are explored. The recognition and meanings of existential purposes and concerns for CSA survivors are described. Following, implications of these explorations for CSA therapists are identified. An Existential Exploration and Implications for Therapists Sexual abuse comprises inherent variations depending upon the age of children, the specific act committed by an adult, and the type of relationship between an adult and child (Lowenthal, 1996; Scannapieco & Connell-Carrick, 2005). Physical contact sexual abuse includes perpetrator behaviors such as fondling and forced intercourse or penetration. Further, non-contact sexual abuse includes perpetrator behaviors such promoting sexual activity of children as well as permitting children to watch pornography or witness sexual intercourse (The Norma J. Morris Center, 1995). Scannapieco and Connell-Carrick (2005) provide three differing definitions of sexual abuse and generally conclude that sexual abuse involves any sexual activity with a child where consent is not or cannot be given" (p. 12). Individuals who have endured these experiences are referred to as survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivors (Wilken, 2009). Although accurate childhood sexual abuse rates are difficult to obtain, Pereda, Guilera, Forns, and Gomez-Benito (2009) concluded that approximately 25% of women in the United States are survivors of childhood sexual abuse. In their meta-analysis of the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse across an international sample of 22 countries, the researchers projected that 19.7% of women experience sexual abuse before the age of 18. Africa was reported as having the highest prevalence rate (34%) and Europe was reported as having the lowest prevalence rate (9%). In a similar study of an Australian sample (Dunne, Purdie, Cook, Boyle, & Najman, 2003), 34% of women reported non-penetrative sexual abuse (e.g., inappropriate touch behaviors such as fondling) during childhood while 12% reported penetrative sexual abuse (e.g., rape). Sexual abuse occurs across all communities, regardless of gender, race, religion, cultural heritage, or socioeconomic status (Bass & Davis, 2008; Pereda et al., 2009). For example, Dunne et al. (2003) reported significant rates of males that experience non-penetrative sexual abuse (16%) as well as unwanted sexual penetration (4%). The circumstances

The Journal of International Social Research, 2020

This study is about the own child sexual abuse experience of a participant followed by a critical literature review, case presentation, method and conclusion. The literature review firstly presents definitions about abuse, sexual abuse, prevalence of childhood sexual abuse and then focuses on effects of child sexual in childhood and adulthood. Case presentation includes parts from own narrative of the research participant and principally outlines the effects of sexual abuse experience from childhood to adult life. The study was designed in a phenomenological pattern that is rooted in qualitative research. As a result of the analysis, emotions after sexual abuse, need of support, injuring of sense of trust, memories and flashbacks, coping with and managing negative effects of sexual abuse themes were obtained. In line with the findings, sources of the participant are related to sexual abuse in childhood was determined, and the contents of the themes were presented in detail.

The experience of child sexual abuse can leave a host of adverse behavioral, emotional, and psychological consequences. The objective of this study, therefore, is to investigate the major psychosocial problems of sexually abused children and their coping mechanisms in Hamlin Fistula Hospital and Mother Teresa Charity Missionary's Children's Home. Qualitative methods namely in-depth interviews, observation, FGD and document analysis were used to collect the required data. The data were presented, organized and analyzed by using thematic analysis. The research finding reveals that, the survivor children are suffering from a whole range of physical, behavioral, social and emotional problems which in turn affect their personal wellbeing and social relations. However, some of the cases have not experienced some of the problems which others faced. As the result indicates incest type of child sexual abuse is the common form of sexual abuse that children face. The research result also shows strategies such as destructive behaviors like smoking, drinking, chewing and using substances; engaging in prostitution, begging, theft; attending religious places, deviating from social interaction and hiding themselves under some issues) were adopted by these sexually abused children to cope up with the sexual abuse and its related problems. Cooperation of different initiatives is imperative to solve the problem of sexually abused children in a sustainable manner. Therefore, the researchers believe that the GOs, NGOs, the community and other actors should integrate and coordinate different activities undertaken in relation to the problem of sexually abused children. It is also believed that community based strategies and empowering the victim children were identified as pillar of halting the problem. Besides, interested researchers could host similar researches with related to the multifaceted problem of abused children.

Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2018

Background: Increasing cases of child sexual abuse happen unreportedly. This has caused repetition of abuse and made accurate prevalence of happening difficult to predict. Repetition of abuse will result in worse negative impacts to children, both for long and short term. Aim: To explore the chronology of child sexual abuse. Methods: It is a qualitative study with phenomenological approach. The participants were those who were involved or who knew the happenings. Snowball technique was used for collecting data and the initial participants were the abusers jailed in IIB Class custody of Raba Bima, West Nusa Tenggara. Thourough interviews were conducted from February to March 2016, involving 22 persons for 8 cases of girl sexual abuse. Results: This study reports the relationship between the victims and abusers; time, place and frequency of sexual abuse; occupation of abuser's wife; reasons of commiting sexual abuse; how it was revealed, the handling of victims and the intervention to abusers. Conclusion: Sexual abuse is an unpredictable crime which may happen to anybody, anytime, anywhere and may be committed by anybody. Parents should give more attention to their children, choose and monitor the child's environment, introduce sex education in their early age and tell them how to get help when they are sexually abused. Thematic oral analysis was used for data analysis whereas triangulation method was used for data verification.

Sexes

Traumatic psychosocial environments directly impact adult life. Compromised self-esteem, emotional self-regulation, and interpersonal relationships are observed, and a predisposition to the presence of mental and personality disorders is exacerbated in cases of sexual abuse. Science has presented quantitative and statistical studies on child abuse and a limited number of studies that have investigated the consequences and long-term impacts on the lives of individuals who suffered maltreatment in childhood and did not have access to forms of protection or social support after the identification of child abuse, especially in Brazil. Therefore, this case report is a qualitative study of an ideographic nature which aims to evaluate the “particular” form of abuse repercussions in the life of a 60-year-old woman, giving voice to the victim of child abuse through the process of the investigation and complex analysis of her life history and family relationships. The psychological assessment...

JK-Practitioner, 2006

Sexual abuse has existed since ancient times, in all strata of every society, but has remained under reported. The few cases that do get reported are an important source of knowledge about the patterns and consequences of abuse. Following five vignettes show-case abuse ...

Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, 2011

Child sexual abuse is a global phenomenon that affects many families and appears to be increasing dramatically in South Africa. The literature on child sexual abuse focuses mainly on the victims and perpetrators while largely ignoring the experiences of non-offending mothers. The objective of this study was to explore the lived experiences of mothers whose children were sexually abused by their intimate male partners. Existential phenomenology was employed in the study, and Braun and Clarke's (2006) six-phase thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. The results indicate that the participants experienced emotions similar to those following loss including disbelief, anger, guilt, depression, trust and blame.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Child sexual abuse (CSA) includes abusive contact experiences, which habitually impact the victim’s whole life. This study aims to analyze the characteristics of six CSA experiences with physical contact, including penetration, in a representative sample of the Spanish population. Participants were 1071 Spanish adults (53% males; Mage: 45.37) who completed the Child Sexual Abuse Experiences Questionnaire. The victim’s age at the first episode, the perpetrator’s characteristics, and the number of times that each experience occurred were analyzed, taking into account gender differences. Results were reported for every experience independently. The most prevalent age at the first experience was from 6 years old onwards, but with differences in some experiences. The abuses usually happened more than once, committed by the same person. The most prevalent perpetrator is a male, although a female perpetrator is more prevalent in male victims. Most of the abuses were committed by an adult a...

Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 2020

Longitudinal research of CSA in infancy and early childhood is scarce. The current study examined the long-term course of psychological outcomes (PTSD, dissociation and internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems) in children who were sexually abused in the early childhood. Additionally, we looked into the outcomes for their parents by assessing PTSD symptoms and negative emotional reactions towards the sexual abuse of their child. We examined the outcomes for five consecutive years in a sample of children (n = 45) who were sexually abused at a very young age (0–3) and their parents (n = 42), included in the Amsterdam Sexual Abuse Case-study. We found that outcomes following CSA in early childhood go beyond PTSD symptoms and can manifest in atypical symptoms such as behavioral problems. Parents experienced persistent PTSD in the years following CSA disclosure. CSA in very young children warrants long-term monitoring, as negative outcomes still present 8 years later.

Jurnal Hukum Sasana, 2022

Law enforcement officers give appropriate punishments to perpetrators of sexual violence, so that the rule of law is truly enforced and order is created in society. Sanctions are intended to provide a deterrent effect for perpetrators of sexual violence so as not to repeat their behavior and prevent others from committing the crime because of the threat of severe punishment. The purpose of this study is to find: 1) children who are victims of criminal acts of sexual harassment; 2) the impact of children as victims of crimes of sexual violence; and 3) efforts to tackle crimes of sexual violence against children. The results of the study are as follows: efforts to overcome crimes of sexual violence against children are the role of parents who play an important role in protecting children from the risk of sexual violence; legal care as well as psychological rehabilitation support and psychological services for both children and their parents; and the role of the community to ensure the protection of children; also the role of the State, in the form of rehabilitation, which is an integrated process of treatment activities by restoring the child's condition. Rehabilitation in question is a process of organizing physical, mental, and social rehabilitation activities in an integrated manner so that the child can continue to carry out his social functions and skills in social life.

Healthcare

Background: The child psychiatry unit of the Cochin Hospital in Paris is specialized in a transcultural clinical approach and treatment of psychotraumatism. The clinical demands addressed to the service often combine several levels of vulnerability: recent migration, repeated and intentional traumas, isolation and breach in family bonds sometimes precarious living conditions. Mastering how to approach trauma content adapting to the person’s temporality while taking into account the individual, family and collective dimensions, is a key driver to the clinical intervention (of our approach). Objective and method: We describe a paradigmatic clinical situation articulating its multidimensional complexity: the case of Céline, a 16-year-old Mozambique teenager, unaccompanied minor (UM), who arrived in France three years ago with her 4-year-old child born out of rape. They are both cared for by Paris Child Welfare Bureau. The authors used the CARE guidelines for a rigorous approach to clin...

Roczniki Teologiczne, 2016

For the full and harmonious development of their personality children should grow up in a family environment in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding. In many families, children are not provided with fundamental rights and fulfillment of their needs: safety, love, acceptance, and respect. Their sense of dignity collapses, they are prohibited from revealing emotions and thoughts. All this triggers a sense of shame, anger and fear, which are often passed on to the child's functioning in different environments. The phenomenon of violence against children in the family-care deprivation, negligence of their emotionality as well as of bringing up, physical and mental harm, beatings, abuse, and sexual abuse are not uncommon. The issue of various types of child abuse, its recognition, intervention as well as prevention, and helping those children is a concern and a great challenge not only for teachers, educators, psychologists, therapists, but for the whole society, too. In the first part of the considerations theoretical framework for difficult issues posed by sexual violence against children has been presented. An attempt at defining the problem has been presented: a form of sexual abuse, signals that may indicate that the child was the object of sexual violence and direct and long-term consequences of sexual violence against a child. In the second part, in a form of commentary the results of the author's own research regarding the various categories of respondents, who are employees of the social services on sexual violence against a child have been thoroughly analyzed.