The present study attempted to identify individual and contextual factors associated with outcomes in a group of 63 latency-aged children disclosing sexual abuse (SA). Children reporting SA were found to display greater internalizing and externalizing behavioral difficulties as well as more sexualized behaviors relative to same-age non-abused peers. Mothers also reported these children as less socially competent than their peers. Family contextual factors appeared to be associated with behavioral difficulties and made a unique contribution to the prediction of externalizing and sexualized behaviors. Of the personal variables, avoidance coping was found to be linked to poorer outcomes. In examining possible factors linked to 'resilient' outcomes in a 6-month time-frame, family conflict and avoidance coping were found to be associated to clinical status in children reporting SA.Keywords Child sexual abuse . Consequences . Coping . Family relationshipsThe problem of child sexual abuse (SA) has received increased attention in the past few years. Although prevalence rates vary depending on the definitions and the methods used, community samples generally identify that between 12 and 35% of women and 4 and 9% of men report SA before M. Hébert ( ) · C. Tremblay · I. V. Daignault

A sample of 784 college women completed the CD-RISC 10 and a series of questionnaires. Validity indices included the Personal Mastery Scale, the 5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Scale, the Major Depression Inventory and selected anxiety items of the Brief Symptom Inventory. Measures of early trauma experienced (Early Trauma Inventory) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms (Modified PTSD Symptom Scale) were included to test the moderator influence of resilience. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis supported the unidimensional factor structure of the CD-RISC 10. Evidence of high internal consistency and correlations with criterion measures were found with the French Canadian version of the CD-RISC 10. In addition, path analysis revealed that the influence of trauma and adverse life events on PTSD symptoms was moderated by resilience scores on the CD-RISC 10. In sum, the data gathered in the present study provides initial support for the psychometric properties of the French Canadian version of the CD-RISC 10 scale.

A cluster analysis is used to explore differential outcomes in 123 French Canadian children reporting sexual abuse contrasted with 123 control children. Mothers' reports of behavioral problems on the Child Behavior Checklist, abuse-related variables, personal factors, and family characteristics are used as potential variables discriminating clusters. Results reveal four clusters: (a) anxiety constellation group refers to children displaying behavior problems on a subset of scales, (b) the severe distress group refers to children showing a broader array of behavior problems, (c) victims of less severe sexual abuse (SA) group consists of children disclosing mostly extrafamilial SA, and (d) resilient children refers to children who, while disclosing severe abuse, rely less on avoidance coping. Findings underscore the need to go beyond abuse-related variables to orient treatment for children disclosing sexual abuse and for tailoring interventions to distinct subgroups.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes following participation in the ESPACE parents' workshop. A group of 55 parents who participated in the program, implemented in elementary schools in the Quebec city region, was compared to a group of 217 parents who did not attend the prevention workshop. The results revealed that attending parents suggested more adequate interventions to the vignette depicting a hypothetical situation of sexual abuse compared to nonattending parents. Attending parents are found to be more likely to suggest interventions sustaining the child in her own problem-solving process, seek help from specialized agencies, and attempt to offer emotional support to the victim. Data also reveal that the parents workshop has a positive outcome on knowledge. While the workshop is associated with beneficial outcomes, attendance rates are low. The findings are discussed in the context of identifying means to foster parent involvement in the prevention of child abuse.

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