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Showing 1 to 20 of 522 for “"Sexual abuse"”.
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Clergy Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse perpetrated by trusted members of the clergy presents unique challenges to clinicians and yet the current literature on the effects of clergy sexual abuse is sparse. The vast majority of current research on clergy sexual abuse is based on the perspective of the perpetrators and not the …
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History of Child Sexual Abuse: Does Resiliency Moderate the Relationship between Child Sexual Abuse and Emotional Indices?
<p>Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a prevalent public health concern (APA, 2011; Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, & Hamby, 2010). Research shows that some individuals appear to report potentially manageable symptoms or will not develop psychopathology following CSA (Kendall-Tackett et al., 1993; Paloucci et …
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Traditional healers' views on child sexual abuse
Talking about child sexual abuse, hereafter referred to as CSA, makes a lot of people very uncomfortable. It has been defined as "the best kept secret", contributing to the maintenance of silence. For both men and women the prevalence of CSA is high among those seeking help for psychological …
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Misconceptions Surrounding Child Sexual Abuse In Durban
Social attitudes towards child sexual abuse (CSA) tend to reflect a wide variety of misconceptions. These not only play a highly significant role in the etiology and maintenance of sexual offending against children, they also contribute to under reporting and promote the silence that generally …
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The Discursive Construction Of Child Sexual Abuse
… firmly located within a taken-for-granted 'child sexual abuse' discourse. My argument in this thesis is that despite being commonly portrayed as a singularity, the discursive arena of adult/child sex is a site of controversy and conflict, invested with meanings that differ over time and place. …
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Molecular Forensic Investigations into Animal Sexual Abuse
Animal sexual abuse (ASA) involves the sexual molestation of animals by humans. The identification of semen provides a legally-accepted indicator that sexual activity occurred, while forensic DNA analysis provides a lead to a potential suspect. After conducting a systematic literature review, no …
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Psychological trauma : discourses of childhood sexual abuse
… difficulties with the ways in which childhood sexual abuse and its consequences have been conceptualised and studied. This thesis takes a critical and reflexive approach in examining conventional, dominant ideas about psychological trauma following the sexual abuse or molestation of girls. The …
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Accounting for child sexual abuse : male discourses
… study explores discourses which relate to child sexual abuse and which seek to excuse or justify it. It is hypothesized that these discourses are wide-spread and are not held simply by a small minority of offenders. Similar discourses emerged in two very different groups of male subjects. The …
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The effects of child sexual abuse: an exploration of variables contributing to long term negative effects of child sexual abuse
… 123 adults indicated they had experienced child sexual abuse. Their responses were examined in an effort to identify characteristics of child sexual abuse which might be related to long term negative effects. The variables examined include (a) incestuous verses non-family abuse, (b) victim's …
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Convergent validity of two measures of childhood sexual abuse: Russell Sexual Abuse Interview Schedule and the Finkelhor Survey of Childhood Experiences
… between two classical measures of childhood sexual abuse (CSA): the Russell Sexual Abuse Interview Schedule (Russell, 1983) and Finkelhor Survey of Childhood Experiences (Finkelhor, 1979). One hundred sixty eight participants were recruited from a Midwestern university. In addition to the two …
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An investigation into the patterns of child sexual abuse and victim-perpetrator relationships among survivors of child sexual abuse at a university
… determine the extent, pattern and forms of child sexual abuse amongst university students; to investigate the degree of sexual coercion; to examine victim-perpetrator relationships; to determine the extent to which students are bothered by the event at the time of completing the Early Sexual …
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The childbearing experiences of survivors of childhood sexual abuse
… women who have a history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). It consists of twenty in-depth interviews with mothers with such a history, half of whom were also midwives at the time of their interview. Recruitment was in two phases: the first consisted of women who were contacted via …
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The court experiences of survivors of child sexual abuse
… particular experiences of children who have been sexualy abused, with regrds to their experiences in court.With the high prevalence of sexual abuse in South Africa, many children are forced to testify against the alleged perpetrators of these crimes in public courts. Several reforms have been …
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Credibility of first versus second child sexual abuse allegations
… witness held true for repeated allegations of abuse and across types of repeated abuse reported. Two hundred seventy participants were recruited from undergraduate psychology courses. Participants read a scenario of a child sexual abuse allegation made by a 5-, 10-, or 15-year-old child w. …
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Disclosure of sexual abuse: The impact on adolescent females
… adolescent females' experience of disclosure of sexual abuse. The goal of this study was to provide insights and theory into the experience of sexual abuse victims involved in the disclosure of that abuse.
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Disclosure of sexual abuse: The impact on adolescent females
… adolescent females' experience of disclosure of sexual abuse. The goal of this study was to provide insights and theory into the experience of sexual abuse victims involved in the disclosure of that abuse.
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