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Child Sexual Abuse in Mexican Women: Type of Experience, Age, Perpetrator, and Disclosure
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a type of maltreatment that occurs in practically all countries and social statuses. Due to the taboo and shame that surrounds it, CSA is a problem universally silenced despite the important consequences (both physical and psychological) that it has for the victim and the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297106/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34203483 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136931 |
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author | Rueda, Pilar Ferragut, Marta Cerezo, M. Victoria Ortiz-Tallo, Margarita |
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description | Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a type of maltreatment that occurs in practically all countries and social statuses. Due to the taboo and shame that surrounds it, CSA is a problem universally silenced despite the important consequences (both physical and psychological) that it has for the victim and their family. This work aimed to study the correlates of CSA in Mexican women. Our sample comprised 1058 women ranged from 18 to 73 years (M = 40.19; SD = 10.24). They completed an anonymous online survey including questions about all the different types of abuse, questions about who perpetrated it, at what age it happened, and whether the victim disclosed the abuse. Our results showed that, depending on the type of abuse, from 13.9% to 65.8% of the participants had suffered at least one episode of CSA throughout their childhood. The first episode typically occurred between 6 and 12 years old, with the perpetrator being a male. The youngest women reported higher rates of being shown pornography by a family member, whereas the oldest ones reported higher rates of exhibitionism by a stranger. Only 31.3% of the sample disclosed the abuse, usually to their mother or a peer. Differences among the correlates of the different types of abuse, the age of the victims, and the relationship with the perpetrator are discussed as well as the victims’ feelings of being believed when they disclosed the abuse. |
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spelling | pubmed-82971062021-07-23 Child Sexual Abuse in Mexican Women: Type of Experience, Age, Perpetrator, and Disclosure Rueda, Pilar Ferragut, Marta Cerezo, M. Victoria Ortiz-Tallo, Margarita Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a type of maltreatment that occurs in practically all countries and social statuses. Due to the taboo and shame that surrounds it, CSA is a problem universally silenced despite the important consequences (both physical and psychological) that it has for the victim and their family. This work aimed to study the correlates of CSA in Mexican women. Our sample comprised 1058 women ranged from 18 to 73 years (M = 40.19; SD = 10.24). They completed an anonymous online survey including questions about all the different types of abuse, questions about who perpetrated it, at what age it happened, and whether the victim disclosed the abuse. Our results showed that, depending on the type of abuse, from 13.9% to 65.8% of the participants had suffered at least one episode of CSA throughout their childhood. The first episode typically occurred between 6 and 12 years old, with the perpetrator being a male. The youngest women reported higher rates of being shown pornography by a family member, whereas the oldest ones reported higher rates of exhibitionism by a stranger. Only 31.3% of the sample disclosed the abuse, usually to their mother or a peer. Differences among the correlates of the different types of abuse, the age of the victims, and the relationship with the perpetrator are discussed as well as the victims’ feelings of being believed when they disclosed the abuse. MDPI 2021-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8297106/ /pubmed/34203483 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136931 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rueda, Pilar Ferragut, Marta Cerezo, M. Victoria Ortiz-Tallo, Margarita Child Sexual Abuse in Mexican Women: Type of Experience, Age, Perpetrator, and Disclosure |
title | Child Sexual Abuse in Mexican Women: Type of Experience, Age, Perpetrator, and Disclosure |
title_full | Child Sexual Abuse in Mexican Women: Type of Experience, Age, Perpetrator, and Disclosure |
title_fullStr | Child Sexual Abuse in Mexican Women: Type of Experience, Age, Perpetrator, and Disclosure |
title_full_unstemmed | Child Sexual Abuse in Mexican Women: Type of Experience, Age, Perpetrator, and Disclosure |
title_short | Child Sexual Abuse in Mexican Women: Type of Experience, Age, Perpetrator, and Disclosure |
title_sort | child sexual abuse in mexican women: type of experience, age, perpetrator, and disclosure |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297106/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34203483 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136931 |
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