Positive Reaction to Disclosure and Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse

Gries, Leonard T.; Goh, David S.; Andrews, M.; Gilbert, Jeri; Praver, Frances; Stelzer, Dalia Naierman

doi:10.1300/j070v09n01_03

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“…Experiencing sexual abuse during this time can cause added stress and make the adolescent more vulnerable to internalizing symptoms (Feiring et al, 1998a(Feiring et al, , 1998b. Similar results were found by Gries et al (2000) when examining children attending psychotherapy who were removed from the home due to abuse and neglect and reported a history of CSA. Older victims (over thirteen years of age) were more likely than younger victims to report depressive symptoms, but younger victims were more likely to experience clinically significant symptoms of PTSD than the adolescents.…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Children who felt fully supported by their foster parents reported less depression than those children who felt only partially supported or not supported by their foster parents. Children who felt supported also were more likely to disclose and, following disclosure, displayed fewer externalizing symptoms than those who did not disclose or who recanted their disclosure (Gries et al, 2000).…”

Section: Parental Reaction To Disclosure/support Of the Victimmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…For 21 children in foster care, support not only impacted the outcomes that the victim experienced, but also whether or not a victim would disclose abuse and not recant a previous disclosure (Gries et al, 2000). Children who felt fully supported by their foster parents reported less depression than those children who felt only partially supported or not supported by their foster parents.…”

Section: Parental Reaction To Disclosure/support Of the Victimmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

Yancey

Hansen²

2010

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse" (2010). Faculty Publications, Department of Psychology. 550. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/550 C hildhood sexual abuse (CSA) has become one of the most widely researched areas in child psychology in recent years. The public has also been made more aware of CSA and possible effects of sexual abuse through efforts from advocacy groups as well as the use of research data in recent political legislation and popular press reports. Recent reports have placed the number of identified CSA victims at 56,460 children during the year 2007 in the United States (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 2009). Research estimates of prevalence of CSA range from 27% to 32% for females and 13% to 16% for males experiencing sexual abuse before adulthood (Berliner & Elliot, 1996

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Section: Agesupporting

confidence: 62%

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confidence: 95%

Section: Parental Reaction To Disclosure/support Of the Victimmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

Yancey

Hansen²

2010

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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“…Cette absence de symptômes n'est pas nécessairement synonyme de résilience, car certains effets latents peuvent surgir plus tard dans la vie de l'individu (Calam, Horne, Glasgow & Cox, 1998). À l'opposé, certains enfants victimes vivent des difficultés d'adaptation dès leur agression, telles que des problèmes intériorisés ou extériorisés (Gries et al, 2000). La présence de ces difficultés est l'indicateur le plus étudié en ce qui a trait au bien-être émotionnel et social des enfants victimes de maltraitance (Turney, 2012).…”

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Problèmes de comportement chez l’enfant victime d’agression sexuelle: Le rôle de l’attachement.

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Cyr

Hébert

et al. 2015

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des

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Les enfants victimes d'une agression sexuelle présentent fréquemment des difficultés d'adaptation après le dévoilement, autant des problèmes intériorisés qu'extériorisés (Rakow, Smith, Begle & Ayer, 2011;Trask, Walsh & DiLillo, 2011). Certaines études démontrent également que les variables parentales sont susceptibles de jouer un rôle important dans l'apparition de difficultés chez l'enfant (Kouyoumdjian, Perry & Hansen, 2009). Le sentiment de compétence du parent non agresseur ainsi que la qualité du lien d'attachement qui caractérise la relation qu'entretient l'enfant avec son parent ont été peu explorés pour expliquer l'adaptation des enfants victimes après leur agression. L'objectif de la présente étude est d'examiner le lien entre le sentiment de compétence parentale, la qualité de l'attachement de l'enfant et la présence de problèmes intériorisés et extériorisés chez 96 enfants victimes d'agressions sexuelles d'âge préscolaire. Les analyses indiquent que la qualité de l'attachement, telle qu'évaluée par le Tri-de-cartes rempli par la mère, contribue a `prédire la présence de problèmes de comportement. Ainsi, plus un enfant victime aura développé un attachement sécurisant envers son parent, moins l'enfant présentera des problèmes intériorisés et extériorisés. Les résultats démontrent également que le sentiment de compétence parentale, c'est-a `-dire sa perception de l'aide et du soutien qu'il peut offrir a `son enfant, ne contribue pas a `l'adaptation de l'enfant victime d'une agression sexuelle, sauf dans le cas des troubles extériorisés. Nos résultats nous amènent a `souligner l'importance des interventions qui ont pour objectif d'améliorer la relation parent-enfant et de favoriser la sensibilité maternelle dans les familles touchées par une agression sexuelle.

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“…Because children often disclose abuse to parents (Hill, 2005;Jenson, et al, 1996), the emotional support they provide affects how their children adjust following disclosure. Existing research emphasizes children's need for emotional support by parents following a disclosure of sexual abuse (Avery, Massat, & Lundy, 1998;Gries et al, 2000;Lovett, 2004).…”

Section: Court Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family victim advocates: the importance of critical job duties

Young¹,

Williams²,

Nelson-Gardell³

2014

Psic.: Teor. e Pesq.

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-Child advocacy centers across the United States intervened in more than 250,000 child abuse cases in 2011 (National Children's Alliance, 2012). Understanding the work of family victim advocates is imperative to helping children and families in child abuse cases. In this exploratory study, we surveyed advocates and program directors from child advocacy centers (CACs) across the United States to compare their perceptions of the critical job duties of family victim advocates. Data analysis revealed that CAC directors rated the importance of these duties significantly higher than family victim advocates. Results suggest the need for additional training to ensure that family victim advocates understand the importance of critical job duties to meet the needs of children and families in child abuse cases.Keywords: advocates, child advocacy centers, sexual abuse, children, victims, families Conselheiros de Proteção às Famílias em Situação de Violação: A Importância dasFunções Críticas do Trabalho RESUMO -Os centros de proteção e defesa da criança interviram em mais de 250 mil casos de abuso infantil em todos os Estados Unidos em 2011 (National Children's Alliance, 2012). Compreender o trabalho de profissionais de proteção e defesa de famílias em situação de violação é imprescindível para ajudar crianças e famílias em casos de abuso infantil. Neste estudo exploratório, realizamos uma pesquisa com os profissionais de proteção e defesa e com os diretores de programa dos centros de proteção e defesa da criança (CPDC) nos Estados Unidos para comparar suas percepções sobre as atividades fundamentais dos profissionais que realizam ações de proteção e defesa de famílias em situação de violação. A análise dos dados revelou que os diretores dos CPDC avaliaram de forma significativamente mais alta a importância do trabalho do que os próprios profissionais de defesa e proteção das famílias em situação de violência. Os resultados sugerem a necessidade melhorar a formação para garantir que os profissionais de defesa e proteção das famílias em situação de violência possam compreender a importância das funções de trabalho que são críticas e essenciais para atender às necessidades de crianças e famílias em casos de abuso infantil.Palavras-chave: profissionais de proteção e defesa da família, centros de proteção e defesa da criança, abuso sexual, crianças, vítimas, famílias

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Positive Reaction to Disclosure and Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse

Cited by 70 publications

References 13 publications

Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

Problèmes de comportement chez l’enfant victime d’agression sexuelle: Le rôle de l’attachement.

Family victim advocates: the importance of critical job duties

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