This article first briefly discusses the problem of delayed memories and long-term effects of child sexual abuse and the current trend to bring civil lawsuits or criminal prosecutions for childhood sexual abuse. The article addresses the primary obstacle to such actions - the statute of limitations...
By age 16, as many as 1 in 6 boys in America has had unwanted sex with an adult or older child. Millions of men abused as children continue to live with the debilitating effects of shattered trust. The media has been of little help in deepening the conversation about male sexua...
Self-esteem in the children was assessed by means of a structured interview with the child and the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale. The abused children saw themselves as having significantly fewer friends than the comparison children and they played with friends less often. They were less ...
These data are probably an underestimation, as many incidents of child abuse are not reported. Multiple factors, including the child’s developmental level, race, ethnicity, abuse severity, and relationship with the perpetrator influence whether the abuse is disclosed (Hanson et al., 2003; Paine ...
child’s basic needs and the most common form of child abuse. A child might be left hungry or dirty, or without proper clothing, shelter, supervision or health care. This can put children and young people in danger and it can also have long term effects on their physical and mental well...
Within the child sexual abuse literature, a variety of short-term and long-term consequences have been documented, including internalizing and externalizing symptoms (e.g., Bauserman & Rind, 1997, Jumper, 1995, Rind & Tromovitch, 1997). To better understand the development of these deleterious ...
Sisi is a survivor of sexual abuse who had her first child at the age of 12, as a result of rape in her home village in central China. Two years later, she gave birth to her second child after being raped again by a different man. Now she lives in Beijing with her younger ...
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Child abuse may impact several dimensions of the victim’s life—social, personal, and psychological. The effects could be long-term, such as when a female rape survivor becomes hyper-vigilant in dealing with males or avoids situations that remind her of the abuse. ...
Surprisingly, gender and early childhood socioeconomic status had little bearing on the long-term effects of abuse. "The expectation is that growing up in a household with a higher income and higher social status will help kids, but child maltreatment erases those advantages," Herrenkohl said. ...