Impacts of Child Sexual Abuse | Report

Running head: IMPACT OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
IMPACT OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
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1IMPACT OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
Effects of working as care providing professionals dealing with victims of child sexual abuse 3
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder of the child victims of sexual abuse..........................................4
Difference in the level of mental conditions between abused and non abused children.............5
Effects of sexual abuse for a prolonged period of time...............................................................7
Long term effects of child sexual abuse of familial and extra-familial nature............................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

2IMPACT OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
Introduction
Child sexual abuse like all other forms of sexual abuse is a form of non consensual
violation of the physical modesty, and it is a special category as it is perpetrated on the children.
There are a lot of negative repercussions of it and is not just a personal problem but a social
problem as such which must be solved. In this particular research essay the aim is to provide an
account of the various problems or negative impacts of the social issue of child sexual abuse.
This is the major and the central research question. However in order to give a touch of
coherence to the research paper the discussion shall be divided into several sections which shall
be dealing with several key research questions answering the central research question. Those
research questions to be dealt in the section of discussion are a follows:-
- Effects of working as care providing professionals dealing with victims of child sexual
abuse
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder of the child victims of sexual abuse
- Difference in the level of mental conditions between abused and non abused children
- Effects of sexual abuse for a prolonged period of time
- Long term effects of child sexual abuse of familial and extra-familial nature

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Discussion
Effects of working as care providing professionals dealing with victims of child sexual
abuse
On the basis of a qualitative interview conducted upon a sample consisting of 22 care
providing professionals dealing with victims of child sexual abuse it has been found out that the
trauma of sexual abuse is a contagious issue (Murray, Nguyen & Cohen, 2014). It is contagious
in the sense that it can affect the mental health conditions of both the victim and the care
provider as well. On the basis of the interview conducted, the findings tend to indicate that the
care givers are likely to suffer from emotional and psychological trauma as result of coming
across the horrific incidents that the victims face, and thus they have necessitated for the
provision of metal health recuperation facilities for them as well in order to deal with the
occupational hazard that they incur (Fong et al., 2017).
In this regard the role to be played by the care givers as opined by Hanson and Wallis,
(2018) must be provided. Although the role played by care givers for the sake of the benefit of
the child sex abuse survivors is extremely taxing both physically as wel as metaally, their
contribution is however inevitable. There are few symptons of behavioural disorders such as
facimg of difficulty in sleeping all alone, getting of nightmares, or fear of darkness, bed-wetting
out of fear, prolonged and chronic bouts of sadness, sudden anger outburst or total withdrawal
from any form of social gatherings et cetera which tends to indicate that the child is in need of
more care and these signs must be taken note of by the care providers involved with victims of
child sex abuse (Wolfe, Gentile & Wolfe, 1989). Apart from that there are other steps well which
could be taken such as the education dissemination about good touch and bad touch, sexually