The Effects of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse on the Adjustment and Attitudes of Adolescents

1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan B. DiPietro
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Female Adolescent ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Personality Adjustment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Abusive Families ◽  
Unexpected Findings ◽  
Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
And Control

The purpose of this study was to compare female adolescent victims of sexual abuse and their nonabused adolescent sisters with matched nonvictim control subject sister sets on measures of personality adjustment and attitudes. The study involved 60 girls between the ages of 11 and 21:15 victims of child sexual abuse, 15 nonabused adolescent sisters, and 15 nonvictim control sister sets who were matched to the victim sister sets on age, socioeconomic status, birth order of daughters, number of children in family, and race. This is the first study that has attempted to assess the adjustment of siblings in sexually abusive families. Results of a multivariate analysis of variance revealed no differences among the four groups. Results of 12 paired t-tests revealed only one significant difference between the victim sister and control sister groups. These unexpected findings are discussed, and suggestions for future studies are made.

scholarly journals Purification, Punishment, and Control: Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, and Child Sexual Abuse

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232110174
Author(s):  
Lisa Hodge ◽  
Amy Baker
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
And Control ◽  
Depth Interviews

Eating disorders continue to be viewed as curable diseases, forcing people into predetermined narratives of pathology that shape how they are viewed and treated. Situated in a feminist application of Bakhtin’s sociological linguistics, we were concerned with how participants understood eating disorders, the nature of their experiences, and the causes of their distress. Following a dialogical method, multiple in-depth interviews were conducted with seven women who experienced an eating disorder and who had been sexually abused previously, and participants’ own drawings and poetry were obtained to gain deeper insights into meanings and emotions. We found an eating disorder offered a perception of cleanliness and renewal that was attractive to participants who experienced overwhelming shame. It is critical that researchers use a range of visual and sensory methods to move eating disorder understandings and treatment beyond illness and pathology.

Child Sexual Abuse

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Geetha
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Statutory Rape ◽  
Global Prevalence ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Predicting Factors ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Older Adolescents

Sexual abuse also referred to as molestation. The term is also covering any behaviour by on adult or older adolescents towards a referred to as child sexual abuse or statutory rape. In the global, India is the largest number of children 375 million, covering forty percentage of its population, out of which sixty-nine percentage of Indian girls are victims of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Apart from that 70% of cases are unreported or unshared even with family members Global Prevalence of Sexual Abuse. Child Sexual Abuse rate among the girls are consistently higher than in boys. Prevalence rates of Child sexual abuse range from 8% to 31% for females and 3% to 17% for males. Prevalence rates may be attributed to different operational definitions of Child Sexual Abuse, as well as differences in occurrence of Child Sexual Abuse among varied populations across geographical regions. Prevalence rates also affected gender predicting factors.

Child Sexual Abuse

2018 ◽  
pp. 229-258
Author(s):  
Shubham Thukral ◽  
Tania Debra Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Familial Risk ◽  
The Status ◽  
Familial Risk Factors ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Evaluation

This chapter outlines briefly the dynamics of the interplay between Child Sexual Abuse and Family. Child abuse is a state of emotional, physical, economic and sexual maltreatment meted out to a person below the age of eighteen and is a globally prevalent phenomenon. Child abuse is a violation of the basic human rights of a child and is an outcome of a set of inter-related familial factors among other ones. The primary focus is on the issues of intrafamilial and extrafamilial child sexual abuse, familial risk factors for abuse and broadly some theories that contribute to the understanding of intrafamilial child sexual abuse. The chapter also explores reactions of the family to the sexually abused child, evaluation of the interventions suitable for the same and the status of psychotherapy with respect to the sexually abused child and their family.

Child Sexual Abuse

2019 ◽  
pp. 345-375
Author(s):  
Shubham Thukral ◽  
Tania Debra Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Familial Risk ◽  
The Status ◽  
Familial Risk Factors ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Evaluation

This chapter outlines briefly the dynamics of the interplay between Child Sexual Abuse and Family. Child abuse is a state of emotional, physical, economic and sexual maltreatment meted out to a person below the age of eighteen and is a globally prevalent phenomenon. Child abuse is a violation of the basic human rights of a child and is an outcome of a set of inter-related familial factors among other ones. The primary focus is on the issues of intrafamilial and extrafamilial child sexual abuse, familial risk factors for abuse and broadly some theories that contribute to the understanding of intrafamilial child sexual abuse. The chapter also explores reactions of the family to the sexually abused child, evaluation of the interventions suitable for the same and the status of psychotherapy with respect to the sexually abused child and their family.

scholarly journals How does COVID-19 impact intrafamilial child sexual abuse? Comparison analysis of reports by practitioners in Israel and the US

2020 ◽  
pp. 104779
Author(s):  
Dafna Tener ◽  
Amitai Marmor ◽  
Carmit Katz ◽  
Abbie Newman ◽  
Jane F. Silovsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Comparison Analysis ◽  
The Us ◽  
Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse I: Psychopathology

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Nurcombe
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Transactional Model ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Adult Outcome ◽  
Methodological Problems

Objective: To review scientific literature concerning the prevalence, childhood outcome and adult outcome of child sexual abuse, and the hypothetical models that have been postulated to explain its psychopathology. Method: Selective critical review of literature. Results: Estimates of prevalence of sexual abuse suggest that a significant number of children of both sexes are affected. Research into the psychopathology of sexual abuse is hindered by methodological problems. However, sexual abuse has been associated with a number of psychiatric disorders and maladaptive lifestyles in childhood and adulthood. Several theoretical models of the psychopathology of child sexual abuse are examined and compared. Conclusions: A transactional model is the most comprehensive and encompassing.

A Controlled Study of the Onset, Duration and Prevalence of Postnatal Depression

1993 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Cox ◽  
Declan Murray ◽  
Gail Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Postnatal Depression ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Psychiatric Interview ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Psychosocial Sequelae ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
And Control

In a two-stage screening procedure using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Goldberg's Standardised Psychiatric Interview, 232 women six months after delivery were compared with control women individually matched for age, marital status and number of children, obtained from general practitioner lists, who were not pregnant nor had had a baby in the previous 12 months. No significant difference in the point prevalence of depression at six months was found between the postnatal (9.1%) and control women (8.2%) nor in the six-month period prevalence (13.8% postnatal, 13.4% controls), but a threefold higher rate of onset of depression was found within five weeks of childbirth. The possible explanations relate to the long duration of depression in women with young children, and the stressful effect of childbirth and its psychosocial sequelae.

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