Un'analisi del contenuto della testimonianza infantile

2009 ◽  
pp. 83-97
Author(s):  
Sarah Miragoli ◽  
Paola Di Blasio ◽  
Rossella Procaccia
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Victims Of Sexual Abuse

- The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of children's age and the level of stress of sexual abuse experience (relied with seriousness of abusive action, duration of abuse, number of perpetrators, PTSD) on the quality of depositions. Trascripts of 80 depositions of victims of sexual abuse (aged 4-17 years) was analyzed by specifically constructed codification of content. Results of multiple regression analyses indicate that children's age and level of stress predict differently some aspects of content of testimony. Age predicts gustatory perceptions, sense of estrangement and self-reflective abilities; level of stress predicts the aspects relied with temporal markers and actions. Key words: testimony, traumatic narrative, child sexual abuse, age differences.Parole chiave: testimonianza, narrazione traumatica, abuso sessuale, differenze di etŕ.Parole chiave: violenza all'infanzia, attaccamento, comportamenti di internalizzazione ed esternalizzazione, mediatori.

La validation di casi di presunto abuso sessuale su minori: qualcosa č cambiato?

2009 ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Davide Dettore ◽  
Iglis Innocenti
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
False Memories ◽  
National Literature ◽  
Key Words Child

- The methodology used in validations of supposed child sexual abuse cases is fundamental in relation to the final decisions in the court. The international and national literature codified specific procedures held necessary for the validation integrity. Method: 17 validation interviews, conducted in the 1998-2002 years, were confronted with 20 interviews, implemented in the 2003-2008 years; all were evaluated according to 9 criteria, founded upon the scientific literature. Results: in spite of the growth of the number of correct validations in last years, 2/3 of such validations aren't methodologically adequate. Conclusions: the low quality of the examined validations underlines the importance of training programs to increase the experts competence and the judges discrimination skill between well done and incorrect validations.Key words: child sexual abuse, validation, neurosciences, false memories.Parole chiave: abuso sessuale sui minori, validation, neuroscienze, false memorie.

The Psychological Impact of Withholding Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara B. Sinclair ◽  
Steven R. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Trauma Symptom ◽  
The Relationship

Researchers have found equivocal results with respect to whether the disclosure of child sexual abuse is helpful or not. The threat of harm as well as the possibility of being humiliated, not believed, or blamed, render the disclosure of child sexual abuse difficult for some victims. Suppressing of traumatic events has been linked to negative health effects. The current study investigated the relationship between the inability to fully disclose the abuse and subsequent traumatic symptomatology. Questionnaires including the Trauma Symptom Checklist 40, the Child Sexual Experiences Questionnaire, and the Parental Support Scale were completed by 204 victims of child sexual abuse. Multiple regression analyses were performed using traumatic symptomatology as the dependent variable. The extent to which a victim wanted to tell about the abuse but held back from doing so and the severity of the abuse were related to adult symptomatology. Findings suggest that victims enduring more severe abuse are more likely to hold back from fully disclosing the abuse which is associated with more trauma-related symptoms.

Child Sexual Abuse, Criminal Justice, and the Pediatrician

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-439
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH BAUM ◽  
MICHAEL A. GRODIN ◽  
JOEL J. ALPERT ◽  
LEONARD GLANTZ
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
The Past ◽  
Actual Increase ◽  
Victims Of Sexual Abuse

More children are being recognized as victims of sexual abuse than in the past. Because pediatricians are often the first professionals to see the victim, they are often also the first to assess and to evaluate the child. Increased diagnoses of child sexual abuse may be the result either of an actual increase in the incidence of child sexual abuse or of heightened recognition. Whichever explanation or combination is correct, it is crucial that pediatricians be aware not only of the issue of child sexual abuse but also of the correct procedures in collecting data that may be used as evidence and in preparing to be a witness in a potential criminal prosecution of the alleged offender.

L'incidente probatorio del minore parte offesa

2009 ◽  
pp. 125-132
Author(s):  
Daniela Diano
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
The Real ◽  
Victims Of Sexual Abuse ◽  
The Moment ◽  
International Conventions

- This study analyses 37 questionnaires administered to the same number of auxiliaries of the Judge for the preliminary investigations with reference to the probatory incident on alleged minor victims of sexual abuse. The research wants to examine the real care and protection measures of the alleged victims during the period of time that goes from revelation to judicial hearing and to the moment of the same hearing. Besides, it aims to verify to what extent hearing is a hardship for the child and the eventual correlations between that and some variables about the procedures for the collection of witness, the need of protection and the setting features. The results show, even within the judicial course, a low, late or failed activation of the assistance, protection and care already provided by national rules and international conventions.Key words: auxiliary, probatory procedure, protected hearing, interview.Parole chiave: ausiliario, incidente probatorio, audizione protetta, intervista.

Predictors of quality of life and functioning in schizophrenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-356
Author(s):  
Octavia Căpățînă ◽  
◽  
Cristina Pojoga ◽  
Bogdan Savu ◽  
Mihaela Fadgyas-Stănculete ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Predictive Factors ◽  
Negative Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
General Functioning

Background: In order to pursue recovery, Quality of life (QoL) and general functioning in patients with schizophrenia are milestones that need to be addressed in the treatment of the disease. The major aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between QoL, functionality and symptoms, and clinical characteristics of the disease, and to identify whether the two domains of negative symptoms, avolition/apathy and diminished expression, are predictive factors for the quality of life and functionality in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. In the present cross-sectional study, 87 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia completed a thorough battery of instruments evaluating: clinical symptoms, stigma, QoL, functionality, socio-demographic and clinical variables. Multiple regression analyses were performed to test the significance of predictor variables for QoL and functionality. Multiple regression analyses revealed that internalized stigma, depression, and excitement were significant predictors for the variability of QoL, and experiential deficit and cognitive symptoms were significant predictors of the variability of functioning. In patients with schizophrenia, functioning and quality of life are two related but different constructs. Even though they are strongly associated, they have different predictive factors. The clinical implication of these results is that both of these constructs should be assessed and that the strategies for improving them should be different.

Quality of Victim Statement in Child Sexual Abuse in Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Salih M. Eke ◽  
Murat Sonkaya ◽  
Murat Ulucan
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse

scholarly journals The Quality of Forensic Child Interviewing in Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathanael E. J. Sumampouw ◽  
Henry Otgaar ◽  
David La Rooy ◽  
Corine de Ruiter
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse

Prosecution Rate and Quality of the Investigative Interview in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Melander Hagborg ◽  
Leif A. Strömwall ◽  
Inga Tidefors
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Investigative Interview

Il colloquio investigativo: le conseguenze di una buona e di una cattiva prassi

2009 ◽  
pp. 47-59
Author(s):  
Giuliana Mazzoni
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Eyewitness Testimony ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Investigative Interview ◽  
Interview Techniques ◽  
Made In

- In this article research is briefly reviewed on investigative interview techniques in children alleged victims of child sexual abuse. It is shown that such techniques represent a crucial factor in determining the accuracy and reliability of the witness report. Research in the psychology of eyewitness testimony provides important elements to understand which techniques are examples of good and which are examples of bad practice, which errors are commonly made in interviews, and which are the negative consequences of such common errors. Guidelines can limit the number of errors and render a report more accurate. Guidelines should be the same for every interviewer, and should be developed by a group of experts who are clearly familiar with the research data obtained in the psychology of eyewitness testimony.Key-words: eyewitness testimony, interview, children, sexual abuse.Parole chiave: testimonianza oculare, intervista, bambini, abuso sessuale.

Nonsupportive Disclosure in Child Sexual Abuse: Confidants' Characteristics and Reactions

2007 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 768-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Collings
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Family Member ◽  
South African ◽  
Community Member ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
African Child ◽  
Professional Person ◽  
Victims Of Sexual Abuse ◽  
South African Child

In a sample of 856 South African child victims of sexual abuse ( M age= 10.2 yr., SD = 4.2), 26% experienced nonsupportive reactions at initial disclosure, with nonsupportive reactions taking two forms, ignoring the child (16% of cases) and punishing or silencing the child (10% of cases). Nonsupportive disclosure was equally likely when the confidant was a nonoffending guardian (OR=1.00), another family member (OR = 0.84), or a professional person (OR=1.07) but significantly more likely in cases where the confidant was a community member (OR = 3.41).

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