Risk factors for repeated child maltreatment

Freysteinsdóttir, Freydís Jóna

doi:10.17077/etd.fbw0dv9l

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“…Widespread and long-term pain (11)(12)(13) Sleeping problem, tremor and numbness (11,13) Eating disorders (14,15) Fibromyalgia ( (29,30) Marriage problems (31) Defencelessness against all kinds of violence in adulthood (8,32,33) Repeated physical, psychological and/or sexual violence in relationships or rape (34) Anxiety and stress as parents and adolescent motherhood (35,36) In more danger of being violent towards own children (37) Frequently seeking help in the health care system but do not mention the abuse (38) Get little or no support in the healthcare system but ample medication (24) Health care cost is twice the amount for people with no CSA (39) … With meagre success (38) Ó 2012 Nordic College of Caring Science the study were to be over 25 and have experienced childhood sexual abuse. The women were between 30 and 65 years of age at the time of the interviews.…”

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“…They have marriage problems and difficulty trusting (28,29) Most of them had been through repeated physical, psychological and/or sexual violence from a spouse or were raped (7,31) They all have had trouble touching their children, feel like all kind of touching is wrong (34) All of them have repeatedly sought help in the health care system. They feel that nobody listens to them and that they do not have appropriate support and no cure for their physical problems but plenty of medications (23,37,38) Ó 2012 Nordic College of Caring Science…”

Section: Findings Of This Study Which Are Consistent With Other Studiesmentioning

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Repressed and silent suffering: consequences of childhood sexual abuse for women’s health and well‐being

Sigurðardóttir

Halldórsdóttir

2012

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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Research results indicate that psychological trauma in childhood caused by child sexual abuse can have serious and widespread consequences for health and well-being. The purpose of this study was to examine the consequences of childhood sexual abuse for women's health and well-being. The research methodology was phenomenology. Seven women with a history of childhood sexual abuse were interviewed twice with 1-6 months interval. For all the women, the abuse started when they were between 4 and 5. All of them were repeatedly violated and traumatized ever since then and were even still being victimized at the time of the interviews. The main result of the study is that time does not heal all wounds. All the women described great repressed and silent suffering in all aspects of life, and the abuse is still seriously affecting them and their loved ones. As children, they had learning problems, experienced bullying and had unexplained physical symptoms. In adulthood, they have been suffering multiple physical and psychological symptoms: five of them have fibromyalgia; all of them have been suffering chronic and widespread pain; they have all been dealing with depression and difficulty with close connections, and they all have trouble trusting others. Because they were kids, they have been using the health service to a great extent but without adequate help. It is important for health professionals to know the symptoms and consequences of childhood sexual abuse to be able to respond to adult survivors in a supportive and caring way. More effective therapeutic measures have to be developed to decrease their suffering.

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