A Psychosocial Understanding of Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Among Female Children in South Africa.

abstract：:Studies surrounding the sexual abuse of children by school personnel in Canadian contexts are infrequent and often limited in their scope. The present study addresses this drawback with a contribution of data gathered from disciplinary decisions of educator misconduct, media reports, and published case law concerning ...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Canadian Centre for Child Protection Inc.

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to reliability problems, use of retrospective measurement to assess child sexual abuse has long concerned researchers. Possible psychosocial causes of these reliability issues-including problem avoidance-have not been thoroughly studied. We tested the reliability of retrospective child sexual abuse measurement in ...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Okeke NL,Wilkinson AV,Roberts RE

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the issue of dissociative amnesia in adult survivors of child sexual abuse has been contentious, many research studies have shown that there is a subset of child sexual abuse survivors who have forgotten their abuse and later remembered it. Child sexual abuse survivors with dissociative amnesia histories have...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Wolf MR,Nochajski TH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the co-occurrence of woman abuse and child sexual abuse is high little research exists exploring the impact of woman abuse on maternal response to child sexual abuse (CSA). Findings from two qualitative studies indicate the form of woman abuse to have differential impact on maternal response. Mothers who were...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Alaggia R,Turton JV

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article addresses what, if any, psychotherapeutic interventions should be provided to meet the emotional and clinical needs of alleged child victims of sexual abuse while they await judicial determinations from the family, dependency, or criminal courts. The discussion emphasizes that to minimize iatrogenic outco...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Kuehnle K,Connell M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the memory, attention/concentration, and executive functioning of 12 women with histories of child sexual abuse with a control group of 12 women without childhood abuse. Participants completed a neuropsychological test battery and various instruments assessing post-traumatic stress disorder and dis...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Rivera-Vélez GM,González-Viruet M,Martínez-Taboas A,Pérez-Mojica D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, a contentious debate regarding delayed memories of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has existed. In order to address this debate, 240 female participants completed questions about CSA, the Dissociative Experience Scale (Bernstein & Putnam, 1986), Perceived Emotional Closeness with Perpetrator Scale (...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Schultz T,Passmore JL,Yoder CY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental vignettes were used to investigate attributions relating to child sexual abuse with a focus on the degree of blame allocated to the family and to society, factors thought to be particularly relevant in a collectivist society. One hundred and sixty-two undergraduates in Singapore evaluated media reports de...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Hawkins R,Teng Sze Wei S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research concerning the treatment of sexual offenders has generally focused on the treatment of adult offenders. The effectiveness of treatments for male adolescent sexual offenders (N = 644) was assessed in a meta-analysis of 10 studies. Overall, the results were surprisingly encouraging, suggesting that treatments f...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Walker DF,McGovern SK,Poey EL,Otis KE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated self-harming behaviors in 149 female adolescent victims of sexual abuse, first, by determining the rates of nine types of self-mutilating behavior at intake and nine months later and, second, by investigating comorbidity of clinical correlates associated with these behaviors. The adolescents we...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Cyr M,McDuff P,Wright J,Thériault C,Cinq-Mars C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study used publicly available data on post-traumatic stress disorder in a sample of the Australian population with a history of sexual abuse to demonstrate how this evidence can inform economic analyses. The 2007 Australian Mental Health Survey revealed that 8.3% of 993 adolescents experienced childhood sexual abu...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Gospodarevskaya E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child sexual abuse is a complex problem that results in detrimental effects on its victims. This study aimed to investigate the pattern of child sexual abuse in cases referred for medico-legal examination in Cairo and Giza governorates in the period between 2007-2011. The study included 813 cases of child sexual abuse...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Abd El Rahman AE,Azab SMS,Ramadan M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tools to assess the risk of becoming a victim of child sexual exploitation (CSE) have been developed by UK CSE practitioners based on their professional experiences, with little evidence underpinning their development, and no evaluation/validation. Little is known about how they are used in practice. This paper summar...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Franklin A,Brown S,Brady G

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the self-reported presence and severity of abuse, neglect, and depressive symptoms for 43 adolescents adjudicated delinquent due to a sexual offense. Twenty-seven of the adolescent sexual offenders were also diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, and 16 did not carry an autism spectrum disorde...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Bleil Walters J,Hughes TL,Sutton LR,Marshall SN,Crothers LM,Lehman C,Paserba D,Talkington V,Taormina R,Huang A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the aims of this research was to develop an understanding of the role mothers were perceived to play during the process of disclosure of child sexual abuse. Using narrative inquiry methodology, face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted with 22 men and women who had an early sexual experience. Even though ...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Hunter SV

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research with the public suggests that knowledge about sexual offenders, especially child sexual offenders, is limited and often inaccurate. In general, the public tends to believe that adults who commit sex crimes against children are pedophiles or monstrous strangers who cannot be rehabilitated. However, there is so...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Wurtele SK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pilot study assessed the performance of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC) in correctly classifying the presence or absence of PTSD, as determined by the Diagnostic Interview for children and Adolescents-Parent (DICA-P). Participants included 34 children, ages 4 to 12, referred for outpatient...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Pollio ES,Glover-Orr LE,Wherry JN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex offenders have used the Internet to identify and contact minors for sexual exploitation (Armagh, 1998; Hernandez, 2000; Lamb, 1998; Lanning, 1998). Yet little is known about how these individuals select their online victims. In order to gain a better understanding of this behavior, the online activity of 31 men wh...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Malesky LA Jr

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge for clinicians and researchers is the heterogeneity of the severity and type of symptoms presented by sexually abused youth, including those who are subclinical on traditional clinical measures but still present to treatment. Most research continues to treat sexually abused youth as a single populati...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Sawyer GK,Hansen DJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female sexual offenders are significantly underrepresented in the literature. Largely due to a failure of our society to recognize women as offenders, we allow them to avoid detection, prosecution, and interventions like tracking, registration, or mandated treatment. This could be partially due to differences that exi...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： McLeod DA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the behavior of convicted offenders who had approached profiles of boys and girls online for offline sexual encounters. A detailed coding scheme was designed to code and analyze offenders' grooming behaviors in transcripts of conversational interactions between convicted offenders and 52 voluntee...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： van Gijn-Grosvenor EL,Lamb ME

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey on experiences with child abuse reporting was obtained from 116 middle and high school counselors and principals across the U.S. Results revealed that counselors throughout their careers had made more reports than principals and perceived themselves to be better trained on child abuse. Those school profession...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Kenny MC,McEachern AG

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The controversy regarding delayed recall of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has deflected> attention from the question of whether memory recovery and other trauma-focused treatment approaches are effective for abuse survivors. More than a decade of clinical experience has convinced many experts that as a primary treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Gold SN

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual revictimization refers to having a history of child sexual abuse and an experience of being assaulted again in adolescence or adulthood. This descriptive study examined perceived social support of nonvictim adolescents and adolescents who had survived single sexual abuse and sexual revictimization. Participants...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Koçtürk N,Bilge F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present literature exploring neuropsychological characteristics of sexually abusive youth is lacking, especially with regard to females and youth with low intellectual functioning. Moreover, although areas of neuropsychological functioning have been researched in this population, findings are vastly inconsistent and c...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Karsten TM,Dempsey R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal support and abuse severity are often considered to be vital factors in predicting children's functioning following childhood sexual abuse (CSA); however, much of the prior research has examined support and abuse severity as main effects, without consideration of how these factors may interrelate to predict ch...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Wamser-Nanney R,Sager JC,Campbell CL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Girls in India continue to be sexually abused/exploited under the veil of traditional practices such as Devadasi dedication despite the existence of legislation meant to protect them from child sexual abuse. This study recounts the experiences of 30 Devadasi girls who were dedicated, initiated into sexual activity, an...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Wilson B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk assessment of sexually abusive youth is a specialty, which ideally includes a clinical assessment (e.g., psychological evaluation) utilizing a validated risk assessment tool. This article reviews tools for assessing sexual improprieties and/or sexually abusive behaviors in youth: JSORRAT-II, J-SOAP-II, J-RAS, AIM...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Miccio-Fonseca LC,Rasmussen LAL

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study conducted an exploratory factor analysis and initial validation of Ruscio's (2001) parenting attitudes questionnaire, which assessed parenting concerns among child sexual abuse survivors. Child sexual abuse survivor mothers (N = 60) reported on their abuse experiences and completed the parenting attitudes q...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Allbaugh LJ,O'Dougherty Wright M,Atkins Seltmann L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This exploratory study reports on foster children's informal self-disclosures of previously unknown histories of sexual abuse. Data were collected from 40 children's files, and an inductive thematic analysis of verbal and behavioral expressions was conducted. Findings suggest that foster children's self-disclosures ca...

journal_title：Journal of child sexual abuse

authors： Wubs D,Batstra L,Grietens HWE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00