According to Collin-Vézinaa, De La Sablonnière-Griffin, Palmer, Milne (2015) there is a wide spread problem of sexual abuse around the world. Many cases go undetected due to the lack of reporting. A survey conducted in Canada and in the U.S, determined that 70-75% percent reported sexual abuse trauma after five years of the incident or not at all prior to taking the survey. Certain patterns where made when interviewing children that correlated with delaying disclosure where things such as self-blame, fear, shame, negative feelings, threats made by the perpetrator, or violence in the home.
In Collin-Vézinaa, De La Sablonnière-Griffin, Palmer, Milne (2015) they gathered a sample of 51 nineteen year olds or older, the sample was gathered from …show more content…
Disclosing their sexual abuse could have been verbal to a one person, some of the participants disclosed their abuse to more than one person, to parents, other family members, or friends.
I could imagine that it would be difficult for a child to disclose sexual abuse to anyone most likely due to fear. They are probably scared of the consequences, even though they are not to blame. What I have heard is that they also feel shame, because their bodies reacts to the stimulation and make them feel shamed because they know what happened to them was wrong and they somehow had a stimulating experienced.
I worked with teen girls that have been abused by their relatives, such as grandfathers, cousins and uncles. It is difficult to see them relive their trauma because sometimes family members tend to minimize the abuse and let these individuals come around their family, not only making the victim vulnerable but exposing other children to danger. I have also learned that most victims come from a cycle, where the child was molested by their father and the father by his father and so on that it was almost normalized for them. These kids have so many emotional problems and have a hard
In Collin-Vézinaa, De La Sablonnière-Griffin, Palmer, Milne (2015) they gathered a sample of 51 nineteen year olds or older, the sample was gathered from …show more content…
Disclosing their sexual abuse could have been verbal to a one person, some of the participants disclosed their abuse to more than one person, to parents, other family members, or friends.
I could imagine that it would be difficult for a child to disclose sexual abuse to anyone most likely due to fear. They are probably scared of the consequences, even though they are not to blame. What I have heard is that they also feel shame, because their bodies reacts to the stimulation and make them feel shamed because they know what happened to them was wrong and they somehow had a stimulating experienced.
I worked with teen girls that have been abused by their relatives, such as grandfathers, cousins and uncles. It is difficult to see them relive their trauma because sometimes family members tend to minimize the abuse and let these individuals come around their family, not only making the victim vulnerable but exposing other children to danger. I have also learned that most victims come from a cycle, where the child was molested by their father and the father by his father and so on that it was almost normalized for them. These kids have so many emotional problems and have a hard