ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to investigate the anxiety features of children who experience child sexual abuse (CSA) and their parents, along with the features and consequences of sexual abuse in the environment of Child Advocacy Centers (CAC). The sample of this study comprised 150 children affected by CSA and one of their parents who were admitted to İzmir CAC between June 2016 and November 2016.The children-age range 9 to 13 years-and one of their parents were asked to complete the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory separately. The children also completed the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI). During psychiatric evaluations of the children, sociodemographic characteristics and features of sexual abuse were noted and all psychiatric conditions were examined. The statistical analyses yielded significant correlations between the STAI scores of the parents and STAI-C and CASI scores of the children. There were statistically significant differences between the CASI scores, STAI-C subscale scores, and STAI subscale scores according to some variables of CSA along with their psychiatric diagnosis. Our findings showed that having higher anxiety sensitivity and trait anxiety levels and having parents with higher trait anxiety might be considered as risk factors for being diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder due to CSA.

摘要

这项研究的目的是调查遭受儿童性虐待（CSA）的儿童及其父母的焦虑特征，以及在儿童倡导中心（CAC）环境中性虐待的特征和后果。该研究的样本包括150名受CSA影响的儿童及其父母之一，他们于2016年6月至2016年11月之间入住了伊兹密尔CAC.9至13岁的儿童-其中一名父母被要求完成国家-特质焦虑量表。孩子们还完成了儿童焦虑敏感性指数（CASI）。在对儿童进行精神病学评估时，应注意其社会人口统计学特征和性虐待特征，并检查了所有精神病情况。统计分析表明，父母的STAI得分与儿童的STAI-C和CASI得分之间存在显着的相关性。根据CSA的某些变量及其精神病学诊断，CASI评分，STAI-C子量表评分和STAI子量表评分之间存在统计学差异。我们的研究结果表明，具有较高的焦虑敏感性和特质焦虑水平，并且具有较高的特质焦虑的父母可能被认为是因CSA被诊断为患有精神疾病的危险因素。