Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada.
J Trauma Dissociation. 2013;14(4):455-72. doi: 10.1080/15299732.2013.769478.
This study aims to document the evolution of dissociative symptoms over time in preschoolers who disclose sexual abuse. Specifically, this study explores the frequency of dissociative symptoms as a function of child gender. A follow-up evaluation was conducted 1 year after initial disclosure among a sample of 48 sexually abused children, and their results were contrasted with those of a control group composed of 71 non abused children. Children's dissociative symptoms were evaluated by non-offending parents. Data showed that children reporting sexual abuse displayed a greater frequency of dissociative symptoms than non-sexually abused children at both evaluation times. Further analysis indicated that the evolution of dissociative symptoms in sexually abused children may be gender related. Although a decline in dissociation symptoms over time was evident for sexually abused girls at follow-up, sexually abused boys displayed greater dissociative symptoms. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for interventions for sexually abused children.
本研究旨在记录披露性虐待的学龄前儿童随时间推移出现分离症状的演变。具体而言，本研究探讨了分离症状的频率与儿童性别之间的关系。在最初披露后的 1 年，对 48 名受性虐待的儿童进行了随访评估，并将他们的结果与由 71 名未受虐待的儿童组成的对照组进行了对比。儿童的分离症状由非施虐父母进行评估。数据显示，在两次评估中，报告性虐待的儿童比未受性虐待的儿童表现出更高频率的分离症状。进一步的分析表明，性虐待儿童分离症状的演变可能与性别有关。尽管在随访时，受性虐待的女孩的分离症状随时间呈下降趋势，但受性虐待的男孩表现出更多的分离症状。研究结果从对受性虐待儿童进行干预的角度进行了讨论。
