Applying the Ecological Systems Theory to Better Understand and Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

Martinello, Emily

doi:10.1007/s12119-019-09629-z

Cited by 12 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 75 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…It has been recently recognized as a public health problem, and policy makers have adopted a public health approach to develop sophisticated policies regarding sexual harm (Basile, 2003; McMahon, 2000). From this perspective, the characteristics of individuals, families, and communities can help in the process of healing from sexual harm (Martinello, 2020; Shields & Feder, 2016). Therefore, a multidimensional public health approach to attenuate the negative effects of sexual harm is needed.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Associations between the type of help after sexual harm and adolescents' suicidal ideation

Yoon

Yun

Jung

et al. 2023

Journal of Adolescence

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

IntroductionThis cross‐sectional study aimed to determine the association between receiving external help after sexual harm and suicidal ideation among Korean adolescents. The help received was classified into professional and nonprofessional to test the strength of the association according to the type of help.MethodsUsing data from the 2017−2019 Korean children and youth rights study, we analyzed a total of 18,740 middle and high school students. The dependent variable was suicidal ideation; the primary and secondary independent variable was experience of sexual harm and receiving help after sexual harm, respectively. Data were analyzed using χ2 tests and multivariable logistic regression analyses.ResultsExperience of sexual harm was significantly associated with higher suicidal ideation, and receiving help after sexual harm was significantly associated with lower suicidal ideation compared with not receiving help, regardless of gender. Furthermore, lower suicidal ideation was more strongly associated with receiving professional help in female adolescents, and receiving nonprofessional help in male adolescents.ConclusionsReceiving help after sexual harm was negatively associated with suicidal ideation, and the strength of this association varied with gender and the type of help received. These results can aid the development of evidence‐based crisis intervention for victims of sexual harm.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Associations between the type of help after sexual harm and adolescents' suicidal ideation

Yoon

Yun

Jung

et al. 2023

Journal of Adolescence

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Some prevention programs work directly with children, often in school settings, aiming to increase children's knowledge of and skills for preventing CSA, although it is unclear if these methods successfully lead to prevention of abuse (Fryda & Hulme, 2015; Topping & Barron, 2009; Walsh et al, 2018). Prevention programs could be designed more specifically to take into account the many ecological systems around a child that affect prevalence and prevention of CSA (e.g., Martinello, 2020). Resilience‐based approaches can also be applied in preventative strategies at the primary (i.e., preventing a child from being abused), secondary (i.e., preventing adverse outcomes after a child is abused), and tertiary (i.e., overcoming symptomatic outcomes after abuse) levels (Borg et al, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child sexual abuse versus adult sexual assault: A review of psychological and neurobiological sequelae

Rowland,

Purcell,

Lebois

et al. 2024

Mental Health Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Sexual trauma (ST) occurs with alarming frequency in the United States in the form of both childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and adulthood sexual assault (ASA). It is well established that the effects of ST are pervasive and that ST can be a risk factor for the development of several psychiatric disorders. However, the potential for distinct psychological consequences or neural correlates between CSA and ASA has received little attention. Furthermore, despite the high prevalence of sexual revictimization, the combinatorial effects of CSA and ASA are understudied in comparison to each form of ST on its own. In the current review, we present results from both clinical psychology and neuroscience research on the impacts of CSA and ASA, describing major psychological, biopsychosocial, and neuroimaging findings for each form of ST. We further highlight limitations in the current state of the research and needed areas of future research to better understand the distinct, overlapping, and cumulative effects of ST in both childhood and adulthood. The present study summarizes the state of the literature on this critical form of trauma and provides recommendations for future clinical research practices to mitigate the deleterious outcomes of ST.

show abstract

“…Kronosistem, zaman içinde bilgi, program ve toplumsal değerlerde devam eden değişiklikleri de yansıtır. Tarih ilerledikçe ve kültürler çocuklarına ve çocuk haklarına yatırım yaptıkça, açıktır ki, çocuk istismarı ve ihmaline yönelik algı ve değerlendirmeler de değişecektir (Martinello, 2019). Diğer yandan, kronosistem içerisinde değerlendirilen yaşam olayları çocuk istismarı açısından risk oluşturabilmektedir.…”

Section: Kronosistem öZellikleriunclassified

Çocuk İstismarı ve İhmalini Anlamak: Ekolojik Bir Yaklaşım

Türkkan

Odacı

Bülbül

2021

Toplum Ve Sosyal Hizmet

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Çocuk istismarı ve ihmali, özellikle son yıllarda ruh sağlığı alanında çalışan profesyoneller için bir endişe kaynağı olmuştur. İlgili literatürde çocuk istismarını anlamak, istismara yol açan risk faktörlerini tanımlamak ve çocuğa yönelik istismarı önlemek için çeşitli yaklaşımlar bulunmaktadır. Ne yazık ki, bu yaklaşımların genellikle çocuk istismarı gibi karmaşık bir sosyal sorunu anlamak ve ortadan kaldırmak için yetersiz kaldığı görülmektedir. Son yıllarda, çocuk istismarının etiyolojisi ve süreçlerini açıklamak üzere daha kapsamlı bir yaklaşım olan ekolojik modelin ilgili literatüre dahil edildiği dikkat çekmektedir. Ekolojik yaklaşıma göre çocuk istismarı, tek başına hareket eden bir etkinin değil, çok sayıda faktörün etkileşimi sonucunda meydana gelir. İstismara yönelik araştırma ve uygulamaları yürütmek için sistematik bir çerçeve sağlayan bu model, çocuk istismarı ve ihmalini anlamaya katkı sağlayan en kapsamlı modeldir. Bu çalışmada çocuk istismarı olgusu ekolojik model çerçevesinde değerlendirilmekte ve bu kapsamda alanda çalışan uzmanlara makro, mezo ve mikro düzeyde pratik öneriler sunulmaktadır.

show abstract

Applying the Ecological Systems Theory to Better Understand and Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

Cited by 12 publications

References 75 publications

Associations between the type of help after sexual harm and adolescents' suicidal ideation

Associations between the type of help after sexual harm and adolescents' suicidal ideation

Child sexual abuse versus adult sexual assault: A review of psychological and neurobiological sequelae

Çocuk İstismarı ve İhmalini Anlamak: Ekolojik Bir Yaklaşım

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About