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Resumo. As mães têm um importante papel no prognóstico da violência sexual infanto-juvenil. Este estudo teve por objetivo apresentar uma revisão sistemática da literatura sobre o abuso sexual infanto-juvenil, na perspectiva das mães de crianças e adolescentes envolvidos. O levantamento bibliográfico dos artigos empíricos brasileiros foi realizado nas bases de dados LILACS, PePSIC, SciELO, Index Psi, RedAlyc e Scopus, relativo ao perío-do de 2005 a 2015. Utilizaram-se os descritores "abuso sexual", "violência sexual", "mães" e "família". Foram encontrados 227 estudos, dos quais 18 deles fizeram parte do corpus analítico deste artigo. Os resultados apontaram para o predomínio de estudos qualitativos com a utilização de entrevista semiestruturada. Dentre os temas, destacaram-se o abuso como fenômeno transgeracional, reações maternas frente aos abusos sexuais vivenciados por seus filhos, consequências da revelação do abuso para as mães e seus relacionamentos, e suporte materno e estratégias de enfrentamento. Os achados mostraram a necessidade da realização de pesquisas longitudinais que evidenciem as repercussões da revelação no contexto dos vínculos familiares e relacionais das mães, utilizando instrumentos complementares, como inventários, Genograma e Mapa de Redes.Palavras-chave: abuso sexual infantil, violência sexual, mães, infância, adolescência. Abstract.Mothers have an important role in the prognosis of child and adolescent sexual abuse. The objective of this study was to present a systematic review of literature on child and adolescent sexual abuse from the perspective of the mothers of such victims. The bibliographic research was realized through the databases LILACS, PePSIC, SciELO, Index Psi, RedAlyc, and Scopus, comprising of empirical papers published in Brazil from 2005 to 2015. The keywords used were "abuso sexual" (sexual abuse), "violência sexual" (sexual assault), "mães" (mothers), and "família" (family). Out of 227 matching papers, 18 were selected for analysis in the corpus of this article. The results point towards a prevalence of qualitative papers using semistructured interviews. The subjects featured sexual abuse as a transgenerational phenomena, maternal reaction facing the sexual abuse of their children, consequences of sexual abuse disclosure to mothers and their parent-child relationship, and maternal support and coping strategies. The findings reveal the need for longitudinal research that corroborate the repercussions of the abuse disclosure in the context the mother's familial and Abuso sexual infanto-juvenil na perspectiva das mães: uma revisão sistemática

Child and adolescent sexual abuse is considered to be a serious public health concern and a devastating form of violence with serious physical, mental, and behavioral consequences in the short and long term. This qualitative study aimed to identify maternal reactions to the disclosure of sexual violence and explore the comprehension regarding child and adolescent sexual abuse held by the mothers of child victims. Twelve mothers were interviewed, whose children had experienced a situation of sexual abuse and were receiving psychosocial care in a municipality in southern region of Brazil. The collected data were organized and analyzed using the principles of Grounded Theory with the Atlas.ti 7.5.7 software. From the analysis of the narratives, three main categories emerged: mothers with positive reactions, mothers with ambivalent reactions, and mothers with negative reactions. Mothers that presented positive reactions believed the report and supported their children, showing a comprehension that sexual abuse can occur in different ways and not only when there is penetration. The participants that had ambivalent reactions oscillated between maintaining or breaking off the relationship with the perpetrator of the violence, expressed initial disbelief regarding the report of the abused child, and had a comprehension that sexual abuse could be a form of affection. Mothers that had a negative reaction to the disclosure of abuse presented a contradictory narrative, minimizing the effects of the violence and placing the victims at fault regarding the abuse suffered. The importance of considering the possible relationships between the maternal comprehensions regarding child and adolescent sexual abuse and the reactions of these mothers during the professional intervention was demonstrated.