Health Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Debra Rose Wilson explains the necessity for professionals to be aware of the correlation between sexual abuse at an early age and the deteriorating health of adult survivors’. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA, 1996), includes using persuasion, enticement, and other inducements to coerce a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct or simulation of sexual acts” (Wilson 56). Children should never have to go through this, but childhood sexual abuse must be addressed and plays a major role in their health. The journal article shows many physical and psychological effects on the brain and the body for adult survivors. Many say there are two outcomes for survivors: one is accepting
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The method of getting their data was very broad when they interviewed 5,877 people, but was careful when respecting their age, gender, and ethnicity (57). Wilson stated, “The odds of having poor health were 1.63 times greater if sexually abused as a child, regardless of gender, or ethnicity.” They need to be very thorough with collecting data because they want a median of the total participants regarding race, religion, age, and gender. A problem they had was getting people to open up their sexual abuse and to be honest because for many it is a hard topic to discuss. The National Comorbidity Survey shows how people can share their abuse without really speaking much about it. They came up with a system with numbers that had descriptions that correspond to the severity of the abuse and the participants will just select the number to the interviewer (57). The correlation of children who have been exposed to sexual abuse have an increase in “fear, anxiety, depression, insomnia, obesity, self-destructive behavior, headaches, aggression, anger, hostility, poor self-esteem, substance abuse, suicide attempts, and sexual maladjustments” (Wilson et al 57). Why are these survivors prone to a longer list of poor health? Sigmund Freud would say with his psychosexual psychology that their defense mechanisms are activates and it is all pushed to their subconscious where they continue to shape behavior with unmet
The method of getting their data was very broad when they interviewed 5,877 people, but was careful when respecting their age, gender, and ethnicity (57). Wilson stated, “The odds of having poor health were 1.63 times greater if sexually abused as a child, regardless of gender, or ethnicity.” They need to be very thorough with collecting data because they want a median of the total participants regarding race, religion, age, and gender. A problem they had was getting people to open up their sexual abuse and to be honest because for many it is a hard topic to discuss. The National Comorbidity Survey shows how people can share their abuse without really speaking much about it. They came up with a system with numbers that had descriptions that correspond to the severity of the abuse and the participants will just select the number to the interviewer (57). The correlation of children who have been exposed to sexual abuse have an increase in “fear, anxiety, depression, insomnia, obesity, self-destructive behavior, headaches, aggression, anger, hostility, poor self-esteem, substance abuse, suicide attempts, and sexual maladjustments” (Wilson et al 57). Why are these survivors prone to a longer list of poor health? Sigmund Freud would say with his psychosexual psychology that their defense mechanisms are activates and it is all pushed to their subconscious where they continue to shape behavior with unmet