Child sexual abuse is a frequent phenomenon in Chile, but it is not often disclosed by its victims. The lack of disclosure is more common in the male population, presumably owing to cultural factors. The objective of this study was to deepen understanding of child sexual abuse disclosure in the Chilean population, focusing particularly on the role of gender. The study combined data extraction from the internal database of child sexual abuse specialist care centres with a small number of in-depth interviews. In the initial quantitative phase, data on 210 adolescents between ten and 18 years of age were reviewed, and in the qualitative phase, ten young people between 18 and 20 years participated; all the participants had suffered sexual abuse. The results of the quantitative phase show that boys actively disclose less frequently than girls. The results of the qualitative analysis revealed some obstacles to disclosure both in boys and in girls (guilt and shame, or the lack of family support), but they suggested that the disclosure process would be particularly difficult for boys owing to cultural factors (e.g. questioning the masculinity of male victims and the feminisation of sexual abuse). The discussion addresses the implications of these results for promoting disclosure in adolescents of both genders.

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智利青少年性虐待披露的性别差异

儿童性虐待在智利屡见不鲜，但受害者并不经常披露。缺乏披露在男性群体中更为常见，大概是由于文化因素。这项研究的目的是加深对智利人口中儿童性虐待披露的理解，特别关注性别的作用。该研究结合了从儿童性虐待专科护理中心内部数据库中提取的数据和少量深度访谈。在最初的定量阶段，审查了 210 名 10 至 18 岁青少年的数据，在定性阶段，有 10 名 18 至 20 岁的年轻人参与；所有参与者都遭受过性虐待。定量阶段的结果表明，男孩主动披露的频率低于女孩。定性分析的结果揭示了男孩和女孩在披露方面的一些障碍（内疚和羞耻，或缺乏家庭支持），但他们表明，由于文化因素（例如质疑男性受害者的男子气概和性虐待的女性化）。讨论讨论了这些结果对促进男女青少年公开信息的影响。