Exploring the Multiplicity of Childhood Sexual Abuse with a Focus on Polyincestuous Contexts of Abuse

Abstract

The current study was designed to determine whether there is support for the cycle of abuse theory among child molesters. A group of 147 sex offenders on probation were used in this study. The victims of 32 of these offenders were under the age of 10, and 19 of these offenders reported a history of childhood sexual abuse. Results indicate that being abused as a child is related to being a child molester. It was also found that the MMPI-2 did not predict the status of the subjects in regard to being abused as a child and having a victim under 10-years-old.

Adult Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse

“…They describe having repressed the memory of the abuse into adulthood. Even when they were somewhat aware of it, they found themselves questioning whether what happened constituted abuse (Crowley & Seery, 2001; Lab & Moore, 2005) and expressed concern about the accuracy of their memories and whether or not they were genuine (Dorahy & Clearwater, 2012; Sorsoli, Kia-Keating, & Grossman, 2008). Other adult survivors were fully aware of the past abuse and yet knowingly chose to avoid disclosing it (Sorsoli, 2010).…”

Examination of the relationship between the duration and frequency of abuse and the trauma symptoms among survivors of sexual abuse

“…Cinsiyet etkisini ortadan kaldırmak için ayrı ayrı ilişki analizi yaptığımızda da benzer sonuçlar elde edilmiştir. Bu konuda yapılmış çalış-maların çoğunluğunda istismarın sıklığı ve süresi arttıkça TSSB belirtilerinin arttığı yönündedir [14][15][16]24].…”

“…İstismara ait özel-liklerin ruhsal etkilenme üzerine etkisini inceleyen çok sayıda çalışma bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmaların çoğunluğunda istismar süresinin ve istismar sıklı-ğının artması ile TSSB belirtilerinin arttığı saptanmıştır [12,[14][15][16]. Bir çalışmada istismar sıklığı ile TSSB arasında ilişki bulunmuş fakat istismar süresi ile TSSB arasında ilişki saptanmamış [17,18].…”

Childhood Sexual Abuse and HIV Risk among Crack‐Using Commercial Sex Workers in San Salvador, El Salvador: A Qualitative Analysis

“…She shouted at Flor, saying, "Why are you letting him do that, dirty I don't know what." Research has shown that negative social reactions, particularly from family members, increase the likelihood of psychopathology in CSA survivors (Crowley and Seery 2001;Ullman 2003).…”