Sexually Abused Children's Victimized Experience

The purpose of this study was to explore the victimized experience of sexually abused children. The study group included the sexually abused children with age between 12 and 15 years old who were experienced either rape or genital contact, and disclosed within 2 years of accidents. I have interviewed them individually and analyzed the data by the consensual qualitative research methods. The results revealed that most of sexually abused children experienced various psychological symptoms. The psychological reaction of accidents at that time included that she thought the sexual behaviour was dirty, thought of escaping that situation, experienced the anger and phobia against the offender, anxiety, fear, sorrow, misery, and painful emotion, and were frozen by the overwhelmed situation. After the accident, she experienced the sorrow, helplessness, fear, and anxiety in terms of emotional area, and the insomnia, nightmare, eating problems, the difficulties in controlling behavior in terms of behavioral area. The intrusive thought about the accident and its re-experience evoked the difficulties in maintaining daily routines. In school, the pain and fear about the rumor were developed through various aspects, which caused the secondary demage, the conflicts with colleagues, change of school, and the drop of learning capability, resulting in the maladaptation in school life. The standpoint of sex displayed the distorted aspects including the wrong view about male, a hatred about sex, an enlarged acquaintance with the other sex, and crippled view of marriage. Moreover, the self concept and coping style of sexually abused children affected the psychological symptoms, and three factors were interacted mutually, which were further affected by the results of accident disclosure and the after-reaction of families. In this study, as the psychological symptom of sexually abused children and its affecting factors was analyzed through her experience, my result have its significance as providing the basis for the psychological intervention.

keywords: child sexual abuse, victim, victimized experience, consensual qualitative research., 아동 성폭력, 피해자, 피해경험, 합의적 질적 연구, child sexual abuse, victim, victimized experience, consensual qualitative research.

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Sexually Abused Children's Victimized Experience

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