The effects of child sexual abuse on the protecting parent(s): Identifying a counselling response for secondary victims

McCourt, John; Peel, Jennifer C. F.; O'Carroll, Pierce

doi:10.1080/09515079808254061

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“…Parents may focus anger at the victim for various reasons, including the child's delay to disclosure, the child's choice to disclose to someone other than the parent, and the resulting dissolution of a marriage, among others (McCourt & Peel, 1998). This anger toward the child makes it more difficult for the parent to be supportive of the child.…”

Section: Parental Reaction To Disclosure/support Of the Victimmentioning

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“…It was reported that the parents' child's disclosure may bring up memories and traumatic reactions of their own history of abuse. In a sample of sixteen parents of victims of CSA interviewed on the effects of the abuse on the family, McCourt and Peel (1998) found common themes of guilt and inability to trust.…”

Section: Parental History Of Childhood Sexual Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a review, Beitchman et al (1991) report that several studies on CSA noted the victims' parent's history of abuse; however, none of the studies reviewed discussed the impact of the parent's abuse on their child's outcome. In a discussion of the effects of abuse on the non-offending parent, McCourt and Peel (1998) found that a parent's history of abuse may not be discussed or processed until their child discloses sexual abuse. It was reported that the parents' child's disclosure may bring up memories and traumatic reactions of their own history of abuse.…”

Section: Parental History Of Childhood Sexual Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

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Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

Yancey

Hansen²

2010

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse" (2010). Faculty Publications, Department of Psychology. 550. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/550 C hildhood sexual abuse (CSA) has become one of the most widely researched areas in child psychology in recent years. The public has also been made more aware of CSA and possible effects of sexual abuse through efforts from advocacy groups as well as the use of research data in recent political legislation and popular press reports. Recent reports have placed the number of identified CSA victims at 56,460 children during the year 2007 in the United States (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 2009). Research estimates of prevalence of CSA range from 27% to 32% for females and 13% to 16% for males experiencing sexual abuse before adulthood (Berliner & Elliot, 1996

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Section: Parental Reaction To Disclosure/support Of the Victimmentioning

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Section: Parental History Of Childhood Sexual Abusementioning

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Section: Parental History Of Childhood Sexual Abusementioning

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Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

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Hansen²

2010

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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“…En este mismo orden, la mayoría de los estudios sobre el ASE ponen su atención en el niño o niña víctima, pero existe poco material encontrado sobre las consecuencias en los demás miembros de la familia, quienes, como afirman McCourt, Peel & O'Carroll (1998), se denominan "las víctimas secundarias" o "las víctimas invisibles" del abuso sexual.…”

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“…Estos últimos autores resaltan el tratamiento sobre la situación de abuso en las víctimas, las conductas de los agresores y sus motivaciones en la realización del hecho abusivo, pero también reiteran que son pocos los estudios dirigidos tanto a la comprensión y al tratamiento de las consecuencias relacionadas con los padres no agresores de víctimas de abuso sexual, lo que los ubica no solo en el lugar de "víctimas secundarias" sino en el de "víctimas secundarias olvidadas" (McCourt et al, 1998).…”

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Reacción psicológica ante la experiencia de abuso sexual extrafamiliar en padres de niños abusados

Peña

2018

Psicogente

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RESUMENObjetivo: Analizar las reacciones psicológicas en padres de niños que han sufrido la experiencia de abuso sexual extrafamiliar-ASE, realizado en el Centro de Atención Integral a Víctimas de Abuso Sexual-CAIVAS, de la Fiscalía, seccional Medellín, Colombia. Método: El estudio se realizó desde un enfoque cualitativo, histórico hermenéutico, con metodología fenomenológica. Para la recolección de la información, se hicieron entrevistas a diez padres de familia, nueve madres y un padre, quienes acudían a proceso judicial por denuncia penal del evento ASE; estos se eligieron de manera selectiva, desde el archivo de noticia criminal que recibe el área de psicología, y participaron de manera libre, a partir de firma de consentimiento informado. El análisis de la información generada se realizó a través de una categorización y codificación relacional. Resultados: Los más relevantes indican traumas transgeneracionales y sentimientos difusos como padres cuidadores, que dificultan la forma de asumir sus funciones parentales e impiden que sean agentes protectores para sus hijos. Conclusión: Se evidenció que el abuso sexual extrafamiliar tiene implicaciones directas en los padres y que su intervención exige abordar todo el sistema familiar, ya que cuando una familia se expone a este evento, la dinámica se problematiza, dificultando la protección del hijo y la capacidad de afrontamiento de este, ante una amenaza de este tipo.Palabras clave: abuso sexual extrafamiliar, víctimas, reacciones psicológicas, parentalidad. Abstract:Objective: This paper is the result of a research whose objective was to analyze psychological reactions in parents of children who have suffered extra-familial sexual abuse, ASE; this research was conducted at Centro de Atención Integral a Víctimas de Abuso Sexual -CAIVAS -Prosecutor office, in Medellin, Colombia. Method: A qualitative, historical hermeneutic approach was used, through a Phenomenological methodology; for data collection, ten parents taken from criminal new files, and who were received through a free and informed consent signature by psychology area, were sampled, as follows : nine mothers and one father, who attended to judicial process for criminal proceeding related to ASE event . In order to analyze the information, a categorization and relational codification, which allowed us to know psychological reactions from parents whose children were victims of sexual abuse, were made. Results: The most relevant results are trans-generational traumas and diffuse feelings, such as caregiver parents, for whom to assume their parental functions is difficult and prevent them to be their children protectors. Conclusion: As a conclusion, it was evident that extra-familial sexual abuse has direct implications on their parents, as well as its intervention, demands to approach the whole family system; because when a family is affected by this event, the dynamics are problematized, not only making the child protection difficult for parents, but also for helping the child develop coping skills with...

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Child‐Parent Relationship Therapy With Nonoffending Parents of Sexually Abused Children

Bratton¹,

Ceballos²,

Landreth³

et al. 2011

Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse

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The effects of child sexual abuse on the protecting parent(s): Identifying a counselling response for secondary victims

Cited by 20 publications

References 10 publications

Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

Reacción psicológica ante la experiencia de abuso sexual extrafamiliar en padres de niños abusados

Child‐Parent Relationship Therapy With Nonoffending Parents of Sexually Abused Children

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