Issues in pediatric sexual abuse—What we think we know and where we need to go

Girardet, Rebecca G; Lahoti, Sheela L; Parks, Donald H.; McNeese, Margaret C.

doi:10.1016/s1538-5442(02)90022-2

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“…In many aspects of sexuality, the abused girls had markedly more sexual experience than the comparison group, although the difference in the experience of pregnancy did not reach statistical significance (see table 5). No difference was found, however, in the number of sexual partners between girls who had experienced sexual offense and the comparison group.…”

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Sexually abused children. Characterization of these girls when adolscents

Holmberg¹,

Hellberg²

2010

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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Aim: To study associations between sexual abuse of girls in childhood and variables affecting life in adolescence. Methods: Anonymously, in the class room, all eligible female adolescents 13-18 years old (n= 1,428) in a medium-sized town completed a validated in-depth questionnaire (Q90) with 165 questions. A history of sexual offense was reported by 119 cases (8.3%, mean age 16.0 years). The remaining 1,309 girls (mean age 15.6 years) served as a comparison group. Results: Questions included body perception, health, including psychosomatic symptoms, depression, suicidal thoughts, psychiatric medication, general questions about present life, peer relations, smoking, alcohol use, delinquent behaviors, and sexual behaviors. In most areas, adolescents with a history of sexual offense responded unfavorably compared with the comparison groups. Some examples were that despite a similar body mass index, 47% of the cases felt overweight as against 31% of the remaining adolescents (p = .0001). Among the sexually abused adolescents, self-perceived depression was more common (60% vs. 37%, p = .0001), as was psychiatric medication (10% vs. 2%, p = .0003). Loneliness was reported by 23% of the cases versus 13% (p = .005). Smoking, alcohol use, and minor criminality showed similar results. Sexual risk behaviors, i.e. multiple sexual partners, unwanted pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections did not differ between the two groups of girls. Conclusion: Many adolescents with a history of childhood sexual offense feel unhappy, as is evident from the magnitude of the problems. This includes many aspects of adolescent life. It seems likely that the problems are at least partially related to sexual abuse in childhood.

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“…There is no general consensus on how to define sexual offense in childhood. The results of gynecological investigations, including labial separation, show normal conditions in more than 50%, even after penetrative sex (5). In a meta-analysis on published research, child sexual abuse was defined as "any unwanted sexual contact" (6).…”

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Sexually abused children. Characterization of these girls when adolscents

Holmberg¹,

Hellberg²

2010

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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“…Bu olguların gizli kalmasında, çocuğun uğradığı davranışı yanlış olarak algılayamıyor olması, hoş olmayan hatıraları bastırması ya da unutmak istemesi, olayı ve ayrıntılarını anlatmada yeterli iletişim becerilerine sahip olmaması gibi nedenler önemli rol oynamaktadır (7). Utanç, suçluluk tepkileri nedeniyle bildirim azlığı, yaygınlık çalışmalarının genellikle çocukluğunda istismara uğramış yetişkinlerle yapılması ve kişi için cevaplaması zor, özel yaşantıyla ilgili sorular içermesi oranlar arasındaki büyük farklılığı açıklamaktadır (5,8). Cinsiyetle ilgili bildirilen oranlar arasında farklılıklar olup, cinsel istismar yaygınlığının kadınlarda %12-17, erkeklerde %5-8 olduğu bildirilmektedir (6).…”

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Çocuk ve Ergen Cinsel İstismarlarının Değerlendirilmesi Assessment of Sexual Abused Child Anadolescent

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Osmangazi Journal of Medicine

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Öz: Cinsel istismar sık görülen bir halk sağlığı sorunudur ve bu olguların sadece %15 kadarı ortaya çıkmaktadır. Cinsel istismar çocuk ve ergenler üzerinde yıkıcı etkilere neden olmaktadır. Önleme ve tedavi planlaması açısından olguların demografik özelliklerinin incelendiği ayrıntılı çalışmalara gereksinim duyulmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, cinsel istismar mağduru olguların sosyodemografik özellikleri ve cinsel istismar olayının ön plana çıkan özelliklerinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. ESOGÜ Tıp Fakültesi Çocuk Adli Değerlendirme Birimi tarafından 01.01.2012-31.03.2014 tarihleri arasında değerlendirilen cinsel istismar mağduru 135 olgu çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Bu olguların tıbbi dosyaları ile adli raporları geriye dönük olarak incelenmiştir. Olguların %79,3'ünün kız olup, cinsel istismar olayının %41,5'inin fiziksel temas (Dokunma/öpme) şeklinde gerçekleştiği, istismarcının çoğunlukla çocuğun tanıdığı biri (%71.9) olduğu ve eylem için çocuğu zorladığı (%61,5), istismarcıların sadece %28,1'inin yabancı kişiler olduğu saptanmıştır. Çocuğun cinsel istismarı ile ilgili olarak toplumun her kesiminin bilgilendirilmesi ve her ortamda (ev, okul, sosyal çevre vb.) koruyucu önlemlerin alınması gerekmektedir. Çocuğun cinsel istismarının olası nedenlerinin anlaşılması ve önleyici yaklaşımların geliştirilebilmesi için işbirliği yapılması ve olguların ayrıntılı incelendiği çalışmaların sonuçları önemlidir. Anahtar Kelimeler: cinsel istismar, çocuk, ergen, istismar. Abstract: Sexual abuse is a common public health problem and only 15% of these cases arises. Sexual abuse leads to devastating effect on child and adolescents. More and further studies are needed for prevention and treatment. In this study, it's aimed to evaluate sociodemographic characteristics of sexual abuse victims and characteristic features of sexual abuse.135 victims of sexual abuse who were evaluated at department of forensic medicine and child and adolescent psychiatry were included in the study. Forensic reports and medical files of these cases were studied retrospectively. 79,3 % of cases were female and touching/kissingbehaviors were determined in %41,5 sexual abuse events. Violence was the most common method (61,5 %) used by perpetrators. Only 28,1 % of perpetrators were stranger.All sections of society should be informed about sexual abuse and measures must be taken at each step. Therefore, cooperation between different professional groups and supported by different studies is important.

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Intelligent interpretation and analysis of child sexual abuse forensic evidence: A preliminary study

Noor

2010

2010 International Symposium on Information Technology

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Issues in pediatric sexual abuse—What we think we know and where we need to go

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Sexually abused children. Characterization of these girls when adolscents

Sexually abused children. Characterization of these girls when adolscents

Çocuk ve Ergen Cinsel İstismarlarının Değerlendirilmesi Assessment of Sexual Abused Child Anadolescent

Intelligent interpretation and analysis of child sexual abuse forensic evidence: A preliminary study

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