How Do Childhood and Parental Anxiety Features Affect the Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse?

Alsen Guney S., Bag O., Kaya H., Arier Arisin S.

JOURNAL OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, cilt.29, sa.4, ss.413-431, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10538712.2019.1709243
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, IBZ Online, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, CINAHL, Criminal Justice Abstracts, EBSCO Education Source, Educational research abstracts (ERA), EMBASE, Gender Studies Database, MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.413-431
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Child sexual abuse, state anxiety, trait anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, psychiatric evaluation, SENSITIVITY INDEX, DSM-IV, ADOLESCENTS, DISCLOSURE, DEPRESSION, DISORDER, INCEST, RISK
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of the study was to investigate the anxiety features of children who experience child sexual abuse (CSA) and their parents, along with the features and consequences of sexual abuse in the environment of Child Advocacy Centers (CAC). The sample of this study comprised 150 children affected by CSA and one of their parents who were admitted to Izmir CAC between June 2016 and November 2016.The children-age range 9 to 13 years-and one of their parents were asked to complete the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory separately. The children also completed the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI). During psychiatric evaluations of the children, sociodemographic characteristics and features of sexual abuse were noted and all psychiatric conditions were examined. The statistical analyses yielded significant correlations between the STAI scores of the parents and STAI-C and CASI scores of the children. There were statistically significant differences between the CASI scores, STAI-C subscale scores, and STAI subscale scores according to some variables of CSA along with their psychiatric diagnosis. Our findings showed that having higher anxiety sensitivity and trait anxiety levels and having parents with higher trait anxiety might be considered as risk factors for being diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder due to CSA.