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Psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol
Sexual abuse (SA) is associated with significant psychological problems in childhood, making it increasingly important to develop evaluation protocols. This study examined clinical aspects and cognitive measures of 49 children (24 with SA history and 25 controls). It employed a SA assessment questio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082511/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32211541 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03552 |
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author | Marques, Natali Maia Belizario, Gabriel Okawa Rocca, Cristiana Castanho de Almeida Saffi, Fabiana de Barros, Daniel Martins Serafim, Antonio de Pádua |
author_facet | Marques, Natali Maia Belizario, Gabriel Okawa Rocca, Cristiana Castanho de Almeida Saffi, Fabiana de Barros, Daniel Martins Serafim, Antonio de Pádua |
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description | Sexual abuse (SA) is associated with significant psychological problems in childhood, making it increasingly important to develop evaluation protocols. This study examined clinical aspects and cognitive measures of 49 children (24 with SA history and 25 controls). It employed a SA assessment questionnaire, clinical evaluations of posttraumatic stress disorder, risk indicators and neuropsychological tests in order to elaborate a specific forensic psychological evaluation protocol for this population. Conflicting couples (80%), separated parents (68%) and parents’ alcohol/drug abuse (76%) were revealed as major risk factors. Fathers represented the primary perpetrator (24%). The main cognitive complaint was difficulty concentrating. Regarding the association between clinical and cognitive variables, it was observed that children who were anxious or referred to having fear, difficulties with operational memory and difficulty sleeping, had more trouble performing tasks that required attention and memory (operational, immediate and late). Children with SA history demonstrated inferior performance in visual attention/task switching and memory; with an emphasis in the loss of set in the Wisconsin test. The findings suggest the possibility of a primary attention deficit in children with SA history, possibly influencing the performance of other cognitive functions. |
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spelling | pubmed-70825112020-03-24 Psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol Marques, Natali Maia Belizario, Gabriel Okawa Rocca, Cristiana Castanho de Almeida Saffi, Fabiana de Barros, Daniel Martins Serafim, Antonio de Pádua Heliyon Article Sexual abuse (SA) is associated with significant psychological problems in childhood, making it increasingly important to develop evaluation protocols. This study examined clinical aspects and cognitive measures of 49 children (24 with SA history and 25 controls). It employed a SA assessment questionnaire, clinical evaluations of posttraumatic stress disorder, risk indicators and neuropsychological tests in order to elaborate a specific forensic psychological evaluation protocol for this population. Conflicting couples (80%), separated parents (68%) and parents’ alcohol/drug abuse (76%) were revealed as major risk factors. Fathers represented the primary perpetrator (24%). The main cognitive complaint was difficulty concentrating. Regarding the association between clinical and cognitive variables, it was observed that children who were anxious or referred to having fear, difficulties with operational memory and difficulty sleeping, had more trouble performing tasks that required attention and memory (operational, immediate and late). Children with SA history demonstrated inferior performance in visual attention/task switching and memory; with an emphasis in the loss of set in the Wisconsin test. The findings suggest the possibility of a primary attention deficit in children with SA history, possibly influencing the performance of other cognitive functions. Elsevier 2020-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7082511/ /pubmed/32211541 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03552 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Marques, Natali Maia Belizario, Gabriel Okawa Rocca, Cristiana Castanho de Almeida Saffi, Fabiana de Barros, Daniel Martins Serafim, Antonio de Pádua Psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol |
title | Psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol |
title_full | Psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol |
title_fullStr | Psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol |
title_short | Psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol |
title_sort | psychological evaluation of children victims of sexual abuse: development of a protocol |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082511/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32211541 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03552 |
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