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Sexual Victimization of Children and Adolescents: A Qualitative Study with Brazilian Undergraduates on Disclosure, Detection, Outcomes, and Consequences.
- Source :
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse; Apr2023, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p259-279, 21p, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This qualitative study aimed to discover whether experiences of sexual violence suffered by a sample of adolescents and young-adults at a Brazilian public health had been disclosed or detected, why or why not, and what happened after disclosure or detection. Seventy-one (8.3%) students were victims of sexual violence, and 52 (73.2%) were females. The researchers interviewed 22 participants to obtain an oral history of these abuse experiences. The 22 interviewees had experienced 29 episodes of violence. Acquaintances had perpetrated 26 of these attacks, and of these 26 only four (15.4%) occurrences were never disclosed. Twenty-two experiences were disclosed or detected, of which four (18.2%) were promptly revealed (days after the event), resulting in a discontinuation of the violence. Unfortunately, molestation continued without intervention in nine (41.0%) of the revealed situations, despite disclosure or detection. The authors find that children or adolescents disclosing their experiences of sexual violence cannot end the attacks. This study identifies an urgent need to educate society about how to respond appropriately to revelations of sexual violence. Children or adolescents must be oriented to disclose their abuse and seek help from as many people as necessary until they are heard, believed and the violence is ended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHILD sexual abuse & psychology
RESEARCH methodology
SOCIAL stigma
PUBLIC health
INTERVIEWING
GUILT (Psychology)
UNDERGRADUATES
SELF-disclosure
QUALITATIVE research
SURVEYS
CRONBACH'S alpha
SEX crimes
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MENTAL depression
VICTIMS
CONTENT analysis
ANXIETY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10538712
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163000231
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2023.2186304