A retrospective study of long-term methods of coping with having been sexually abused during childhood
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Women who were sexually abused as children usually resort to denial or emotional suppression as coping mechanisms. Others use such methods as emotional expression, cognitive reappraisal, cognitive rumination, religious support, action related to the offender, social support and avoidance. Although most frequently used and rated as helpful by subjects, these two coping mechanisms are regarded as indicative of poorer adult psychological adjustment to the sexual abuse trauma.
Publication Name: Child Abuse and Neglect
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0145-2134
Year: 1992
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Twenty years in the evaluation of the sexually abused child: has medicine helped or hurt the child and the family?
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The determination of child abuse has shifted focus from basing the case on the child's account to medical examination. The use of colposcope, which helped identify the occurence of sexual intercourse, and its photographic documentation benefitted the child in that it eliminated repeat examinations. However, medical examination alone should not be taken as a sufficient basis for the evaluation. The child's history should also be taken into consideration.
Publication Name: Child Abuse and Neglect
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0145-2134
Year: 1996
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The effects of psychotherapy on behavior problems of sexually abused deaf children
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A study was conducted to determine the effectivity of a psychotherapy program to treat deaf children who were victims of sexual abuse. Respondents were 72 children, 51 boys and 21 girls, with ages ranging from 12 to 16. Thirty-five of the subjects, however, were not allowed by their parents to attend the sessions. Tests conducted on both groups of children showed that those who took the program had lesser behavior problems than those who did not.
Publication Name: Child Abuse and Neglect
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0145-2134
Year: 1992
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