These females had more than three times the odds of having been sexually abused as a child than women in the general population, and they also had higher rates of having been sexually abused than males who had perpetrated sexual offenses (Levenson et al., 2015). This is supported by a ...
Child sexual abuseincludes any activity that uses a child to create sexual gratification either in you or in others. Although the touching of children as a sign of affection and for hygiene is considered normal and necessary, there is a way to distinguish normal touching from child sexual abuse...
It should also be considered here that it is also the case that even if studies including both males and females find no sex differences in their outcomes, sex differences can exist at many levels. Certainly, one can get to the same destination via different routes. For instance, in ...
What I Thought I Knew: Parental Involvement in the Sexuality Education of Their Children and Its Role on Sexual AbuseChildrenSexualitySexual abuseSexuality education has been identified as important in the fight against child sexual abuse. Children's knowledge about sexuality determines their ability to...
DiscussionThe results suggest that the parent-child relationship is at least as important as the severity of the abuse itself in predicting children's symptoms of depression. It may be that parental feelings of inadequacy influence their response to the child following disclosure of CSA which in tu...
An unmarried step-parent who wishes to acquire parental responsibility for their stepchild would have to apply for achild arrangements orderrelating to with whom the child is to live, or to adopt their stepchild. Are step parents considered immediate family?
Absenteeism is broadly defined as employee absence from work for lengths beyond what is considered an acceptable time span. Frequent causes of absenteeism include burnout, harassment, mental illness, and the need to care for sick parents and children. ...
When is Parental Discipline Child Abuse - The Vagueness of Child Abuse Laws In the early period of research on family in South Africa, family problems and family disruption were prevalent topics. From the mid 1970s on there appear ...
The inclusion of sex as a biological variable in research is absolutely essential for improving our understanding of disease mechanisms contributing to risk and resilience. Studies focusing on examining sex differences have demonstrated across many level
Further research on the sex-specific impact of parental CN and CEA on girls' and boys' puberty is needed. Keywords Child abuse, Child neglect, Child physical abuse, Child emotional abuse, Early puberty, Menarche, Sex, Parental perpetrator, Socioeconomic status, Body-Mass-...