Title
Forensic psychological evaluations of child sexual abuse: process of disclosure and its chronicity in the peruvian highlands
Other title
[Evaluaciones psicológicas forenses de abuso sexual en menores: proceso de revelación y cronicidad del evento en la serranía peruana]
Date Issued
01 April 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Ediciones Doyma, S.L.
Abstract
Objective: To analyse the relationship between the characteristics of the victim, the aggressor and sexual abuse in children and adolescents with the disclosure process; as well as with the chronicity of the event in the Division of the Institute of Legal Medicine of the Junín region-Perú. Materials and methods: As a general method of research, the scientific method was applied, carrying out a quantitative study, with a cross-sectional design. All forensic psychological evaluations from January to December of 2017 were analysed, of which only those that fulfilled the selection criteria were selected, leaving a total of 97 cases. Results: Of all the victims, 90% were female, 99% of the aggressors were male, 66.0% of cases occurred in a family environment and 5% of victims became pregnant. The highest frequency of recurrent events was when the mother was not living at home (aPR: 1.44; 95%CI: 1.34-1.56; p < .001), living outside the city (aPR: 1, 27; 95%CI: 1.11-1.45; p = .001), late disclosure of abuse (aPR: 2.94; 95%CI: 1.79-4.84; p < .001), and among those who unintentionally revealed the event (aPR: 1.37; 95%CI: 1.06-1.78; p = .001); in contrast, extra-family offenders were less frequent among those with multiple events (aPR: 0.63, 95%CI: 0.44-0.91, p = .014), adjusted for sex and age. Conclusions: The factors associated with recurrent sexual abuse were the victim's relationship with the mother, place of birth of the victim, disclosure latency, circumstance of the disclosure and type of link between victim and aggressor.
Start page
57
End page
65
Volume
47
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría Psicología (incluye terapias de aprendizaje, habla, visual y otras discapacidades físicas y mentales)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85103745006
Source
Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal
ISSN of the container
03774732
Sponsor(s)
A las niñas, niños y adolescentes sobrevivientes al abuso sexual, por su fortaleza para revelar e iniciar el camino a la recuperación, a las personas que los acompañan en el proceso y a los profesionales que con experticia realizaron las entrevistas psicológicas forenses. Además, a la Jefatura Nacional del Instituto de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses de Perú, por la confianza y el apoyo para la realización de la presente investigación.
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