Social and Emotional Outcomes of Child Sexual Abuse A Clinical Sample in Turkey
Articles > Article · 2008
Authors: Nazlı Burcu ÖZBARAN, Serpil ERERMIS, Nagehan BUKUSOGLU, Tezan BİLDİK, Muge TAMAR, Eyyup Sabri Ercan, CAHİDE AYDIN, Saniye Korkmaz CETIN
JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2008, vol 24, pp 1478-1493
Summary
Childhood sexual abuse is a traumatic life event that may cause psychiatric disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder and depression. During 2003-2004, 20 sexually abused children were referred to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic of Ege University in Izmir, Turkey. Two years later, the psychological adjustment of these children (M age = 9.4 years, SD = 3.63 years, range = 5 to 16 years) is evaluated. Semistructured interviews, a form for the sociodemographic characteristics, are used for evaluations by a child psychiatrist who is blind to the first evaluation. It is determined that sexually abused children have more psychiatric disorders within the first year than 2 years later. However, some behavior problems occur at both short-term and long-term follow-ups.