Emotional and Psychological Consequences of Sexual Violence

2016 ◽  
pp. 20-32
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Psychological Consequences

scholarly journals Eating disorders as a repercussion of sexual assault, a consequence to consider

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurore Malet-Karas ◽  
Delphine Bernard-Wallendorf ◽  
Emmanuelle Piet ◽  
Eric Bertin
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Self Mutilation ◽  
Post Traumatic

Abstract Purpose This study aims at clarifying the links between sexual violence and eating disorders (EDs). Methods In a sample of 12638 victims of sexual violence, we analyzed the situation of 546 victims that declared having developed ED. We assessed the characteristics of the assault (age, type of aggression) and the medical consequences (PTSD, depression, suicide attempts, anxiety disorders …). Results ED prevalence was 4.3% in the victim sample. The age of the first assault in ED victims was significantly lower than that of the whole population (12y vs 16 y for median; p<0.001). A much higher prevalence of sexual assault consequences was present in victims developing ED with odd ratios (OR) for: self-mutilation (OR = 11.5 [8.29-15.95], p<0.001); depression (OR=5.7 [4.81-6.86], p<0.001); self-medication (OR = 5.3 [3.86-7.19], p<0.001); suicide attempts (OR =4.5 [3.59-5.67], p<0.001); Post-traumatic stress disorder (OR = 3.8 [2.99-4.78], p<0.001) ; anxiety troubles (OR = 5.2 [4.11-6.47], p<0.001); alcoholism (OR =4.0 [2.81-5.58], p<0.001). Conclusion This study confirms the link between ED and sexual violence, especially in childhood, leading to severe psychological consequences. In this context, ED should be envisaged as a coping strategy accompanying emotional dysregulation due to traumatic events, and be treated as such.

scholarly journals Diagnostic and forensic assessment of the psychological consequences of sexual violence and abuse against girls

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-88
Author(s):  
E.V. Nutskova
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Forensic Assessment ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Psychological Condition ◽  
Clinical Level ◽  
Post Traumatic

The article presents the results of a comprehensive psychological and psychiatric examination of 200 minors victims of sexual violence and abuse. A set of methods was used, including the methodology of life quality research, maps of disadaptation assessment, a set of techniques used in the production of cspe, methods of mathematical statistics and data analysis. Depending on the mental state of the victim, the psychological consequences of sexual violence and clinical and psychological abuse were identified. Described 4 types of consequences that vary in severity: psychogenic condition in the form of the disorder (1) and psychogenic condition in the form of reaction (2) (clinical level); adverse psychological condition (3) and minimal negative psychological condition (4) (psychological level). It is established that with the aggravation of the mental state of the victims, from the minimum unfavorable to the psychogenic state in the form of a disorder, the coverage of the spheres of mental activity, the number and severity of signs of post-traumatic reactions expands. The psychological effects demonstrated by mentally healthy victims indicate a decline in their quality of life.

scholarly journals GENDER ROLE NORM CONFORMITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joke Depraetere ◽  
Ines Keygnaert ◽  
Christophe Vandeviver
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Rape Myth Acceptance ◽  
Rape Myth ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Male Victims ◽  
Role Norm ◽  
Role Norms ◽  
Myth Acceptance

Background. The possibility of men being perceived as sexual violence victims is constrained by stereotypical masculine gender norms, describing men as dominant and sexual opportunists, and by rape myths. These stereotypical views suggest that men cannot suffer adverse psychological consequences from sexual victimization and are less affected by it compared to women. Nevertheless, research demonstrates that men suffer psychologically from sexual victimization similar to women, and that their victimization might be associated with poorer psychological health outcomes compared to women. Additionally, scholars have argued that stereotypical gender roles and rape myths may worsen the adverse outcomes of sexual victimization. Yet, thus far, empirical research to test these hypotheses was lacking.Method. We examined the psychological consequences of sexual victimization among 696 male (n = 135) and female (n = 561) college students who self-identified as victims of sexual violence. We examined the effect of gender role norm endorsement and rape myth acceptance on the severity of self-reported psychological consequences of sexual victimization. Results. Results showed that, overall, female victims disclose psychological consequences to a greater extent than male victims. Our findings confirmed that higher endorsement of both masculine and feminine gender role norms increase the severity of psychological consequences among both men and women. Rape myth acceptance only influenced the severity of the consequences for female victims but in the opposite direction than hypothesized. Nonetheless, the odds ratio suggest that the influence of rape myth acceptance is negligible. Conclusion. With this study we point out the problematic influence gender role norms have on victims of sexual violence, particularly male victims, and the consequences they may suffer. We argue for a deconstruction of stereotypical masculine role norms in order for men to accept their victimization and talk about their experiences with others.

Gendered Resistance

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Life Narrative ◽  
Geographic Locations ◽  
The Real

Inspired by the searing story of Margaret Garner, the escaped slave who in 1856 slit her daughter's throat rather than have her forced back into slavery, this book focuses on historical and contemporary examples of slavery and women's resistance to oppression from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Each chapter in this book uses Garner's example—the real-life narrative behind Toni Morrison's Beloved and the opera Margaret Garner—as a thematic foundation for an interdisciplinary conversation about gendered resistance. Drawing on history, anthropology, and artistic imagination, the chapters examine the psychological consequences of trauma and sexual violence in a number of geographic locations, including Brazil, Yemen, India, and the United States.

scholarly journals Consequences of Sexual Violence and Abuse On Minors: Gender Specifics

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-247
Author(s):  
E.V. Nutskova ◽  
V.D. Badmaeva
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Gender Role Identity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Psychiatric Study ◽  
Qualitative Characteristics

The article presents the results of a comprehensive psychological and psychiatric study of 155 juvenile victims of sexual violence and abuse. The article states the most common psychological consequences of experienced sexual violence and abuse in various spheres of mental activity among groups of boys and girls. The quantitative and qualitative characteristics of these consequences have significant differences in the groups of victims, depending on the mental condition and gender. It was found that common symptoms are manifested in the emotional-volitional, semantic and behavioral spheres. The gender specifics of the consequences of sexual violence and abuseamong girls mostly appear in internal forms (feelings of guilt, difficulties in establishing social contacts, negative attitude to male role models, close relationships). While external forms of that consequences prevail among boys (increased excitability, reactions aggression, opposition and negativism, sexualized behavior, hypermasculine compensation) alongside increased mental stress, sense of shame, violation of gender-role identity, complaints of disturbance in the somatic sphere and a decrease of productivity in school.

scholarly journals METHODS OF SOCIAL REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Adam alemi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
Gulmira Abdiraiymova ◽  
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Sholpan Tolendi ◽  
Edward Ko-ling Chan ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Medical Work ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Phd Thesis ◽  
Serious Injuries ◽  
Sexually Abused Children ◽  
The Relationship

This article is devoted to the analysis of various forms of socio-psychological and medical work with children who have been sexually abused. The research article has been done by the collaboration with graduate student and her internal and external scientific advisers as a part of PhD thesis. In the article used modern forms of methods in sociology and social work. The analysis shows that child sexual abuse is one of the most serious and complex problems, involving a variety of inappropriate behavior, including physical and moral components. Research shows that sexually abused children can suffer physical, emotional and psychological consequences, many of which persist throughout their lives. The article describes specific areas of socio-psychological and medical work on the treatment of serious injuries in children who have been sexually abused; the classification of medical and psychological consequences of sexual violence against children was carried out and the relationship between psycho-traumatic effects was revealed. Complex methods of rehabilitation in the study of clinical and psychopathological manifestations in children are considered in detail.

“The Victim Demands Narrative”

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-148
Author(s):  
Robin E. Field
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Literary Traditions ◽  
Vital Importance

The central prerogative of rape fiction of the 1980s is to underscore the legitimacy of the traumatic experience by providing in-depth accounts of the assault and its physical and psychological repercussions. The 1980s rape novels contain harrowing rape scenes that use their detail to emphasize the fact that rape engenders deep psychological consequences. Far from glamorizing sexual violence, these novels present an alternative narrative focus that educates the uninformed reader and provides affirmation to those survivors seeking an empathetic community. That these texts bridge ethnic literary traditions testifies to the vital importance of rape fiction as a genre: to create a literary memorial to all victims of sexual assault.

scholarly journals PERANAN LEMBAGA SWADAYA MASYARAKAT (LSM) TERHADAP PENANGANAN KASUS TINDAK PIDANA KEKERASAN SEKSUAL PADA ANAK

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Maurice Rogers ◽  
Arozatulo Mendrofa
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Legal Advocacy

The role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in handling cases of sexual violence against children is very important. The role of NGOs in carrying out advocacy and other services for victims of sexual violence against children aims to fulfill children's rights as mandated in the child protection law. The method used in this research is normative legal research method. The writing of this research uses analysis of interpretation and syllogism to describe or explain the legal issues under study, provide comments and then make a conclusion on the results of the research with the help of theory. Based on the research and discussion carried out by the author, namely the role of non-governmental organizations in handling criminal cases of sexual violence against children, namely conducting legal advocacy against children as victims of sexual violence to fulfill their rights, besides that Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) provide assistance to victims such as counseling services to strengthen and provide a sense of security for victims of rape who have suffered trauma and mental and psychological consequences so that counseling is very helpful for mental recovery and restoring the victim's self-confidence.

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