scholarly journals Cycle of child sexual abuse: Links between being a victim and becoming a perpetrator

2001 ◽  
Vol 179 (6) ◽  
pp. 482-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Glasser ◽  
I. Kolvin ◽  
D. Campbell ◽  
A. Glasser ◽  
I. Leitch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Case Note ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Female Relative ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Male Subjects ◽  
Case Note Review

BackgroundThere is widespread belief in a ‘cycle’ of child sexual abuse, but little empirical evidence for this belief.AimsTo identify perpetrators of such abuse who had been victims of paedophilia and/or incest, in order to: ascertain whether subjects who had been victims become perpetrators of such abuse; compare characteristics of those who had and had not been victims; and review psychodynamic ideas thought to underlie the behaviour of perpetrators.MethodRetrospective clinical case note review of 843 subjects attending a specialist forensic psychotherapy centre.ResultsAmong 747 males the risk of being a perpetrator was positively correlated with reported sexual abuse victim experiences. The overall rate of having been a victim was 35% for perpetrators and 11 % for non-perpetrators. Of the 96 females, 43% had been victims but only one was a perpetrator. A high percentage of male subjects abused in childhood by a female relative became perpetrators. Having been a victim was a strong predictor of becoming a perpetrator, as was an index of parental loss in childhood.ConclusionsThe data support the notion of a victim-to-victimiser cycle in a minority of male perpetrators but not among the female victims studied. Sexual abuse by a female in childhood may be a risk factor for a cycle of abuse in males.

Il bambino abusato diventa adulto: riflessioni su alcune situazioni trattate

2009 ◽  
pp. 161-182
Author(s):  
Stefano Cirillo
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Clinical Population ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
The Spectator ◽  
Clinical Cases

- The author analyses some clinical cases in order to reflect upon the varying consequences of child sexual abuse on the development of abused males. Three distinct cases observed in clinical population are discussed. The typical victim's transformation into offender, the persistent tendency in victims to perpetuate the role of victim and the persistent tendency in the brothers' female victims to perpetuate the role of the spectator. The attachment system (provided both by the protective parent and by the abusing parent) plays a key role in the abused child's development related to the dimension of fear produced by the traumatic event.

scholarly journals Child Sexual Abuse and Suicidal Ideation: The Differential Role of Attachment and Emotional Security in the Family System

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3163
Author(s):  
David Cantón-Cortés ◽  
María Rosario Cortés ◽  
José Cantón
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Family System ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Emotional Security ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
The Family ◽  
Emotional Insecurity

The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of attachment style and emotional security in the family system on suicidal ideation in a sample of young adult female victims of child sexual abuse (CSA). The possible effects of CSA characteristics and other types of child abuse on suicidal ideation were controlled for. The sample consisted of 188 female college students who had been victims of sexual abuse before the age of 18, as well as 188 randomly selected participants who had not experienced CSA. The results showed that both attachment and emotional security were associated with suicidal ideation, even when controlling for both the characteristics of abuse and the existence of other abuses. The strong relationships of emotional security and attachment style with suicidal ideation suggest the importance of early intervention with children who have been sexually abused and their families, in an effort to optimize their attachment style, as well as to decrease emotional insecurity to prevent the onset of symptomatology related to suicidal ideation.

Factors that prevent, prompt, and delay disclosures in female victims of child sexual abuse

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 104360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy D. Kellogg ◽  
Wouter Koek ◽  
Shalon M. Nienow
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Female Victims

scholarly journals Child sexual abuse data from an Arabian Gulf country revisited

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 84-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jude U. Ohaeri ◽  
Ghenaim A. Al-Fayez
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
School Students ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Arabian Gulf Country ◽  
Gulf Country

We revisit our previous work on child abuse in Kuwait, with a focus on the sexual abuse data, and discuss the findings in the context of the local culture. In 2006, a nationwide sample of 4467 senior high-school students (mean age 16.9; 48.6% boys) at government secondary schools was studied. Over their lifetime, 8.6% had been sexually attacked, 5.9% had experienced someone threatening to have sex with them, 15.3% had experienced unwanted sexual exposure, and 17.4% had had someone touch their sexual parts (boys 21.1%, girls 14.0%; P < 0.001). Most perpetrators were members of the extended family. The way to assist ‘dysfunctional families’, where ‘family honour’ and the need for peaceful relations with neighbours have priority over the mental health of female victims, is to propagate the finding that child sexual abuse has a wide-ranging deleterious impact on psychosocial functioning.

scholarly journals Low FODMAP diet in children and adolescents with functional bowel disorder: A clinical case note review

JGH Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie C Brown ◽  
Kevin Whelan ◽  
Richard B Gearry ◽  
Andrew S Day
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Case Note ◽  
Functional Bowel Disorder ◽  
Fodmap Diet ◽  
Case Note Review ◽  
Bowel Disorder

Female victims of child sexual abuse: Adult adjustment

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seymour Parker ◽  
Hilda Parker
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Adult Adjustment

scholarly journals Adaptation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for cases of child sexual abuse with complex trauma: A clinical case illustration

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-221
Author(s):  
Martine Hébert ◽  
Isabelle V. Daignault ◽  
Claudia Blanchard-Dallaire
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Complex Trauma ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Personalized Approach

Child sexual abuse is an important public health issue given its magnitude and the multiple associated consequences. The diversity of profiles in child victims of sexual abuse calls for a more personalized approach to treatment. Indeed, recent studies suggest that children display a variety of symptoms and that a subgroup of sexually abused children may present a profile of complex trauma. This article first presents a review of the scientific literature that positions Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT; Cohen et al., 2017) amongst the best practices to address trauma-related symptoms following child sexual abuse; whether it is co-occurring with other forms of violence or not. Various adaptations of TF-CBT therapy are proposed by the authors (Cohen et al., 2012) to treat children facing complex trauma. These adaptations are summarized and illustrated with the presentation of a clinical case involving two siblings from the same family.

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