Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Oct 31;15(11):2417. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15112417.
Organized and ritual child sexual abuse (ORA) is often rooted in the child's own family. Empirical evidence on possible associations between ORA and trauma-related symptoms in those who report this kind of extreme and prolonged violence is rare. The aim of our study was to explore socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the individuals reporting ORA experiences, and to investigate protective as well as promotive factors in the link between ORA and trauma-related symptom severity. Within the framework of a project of the in Germany, we recruited 165 adults who identified themselves as ORA victims via abuse- and trauma-specific networks and mailing lists, and they completed an anonymous online survey. We used variance analyses to examine correlations between several variables in the ORA context and PTSD symptoms (PCL-5) as well as somatoform dissociation (SDQ-5). Results revealed a high psychic strain combined with an adverse health care situation in individuals who report experiences with ORA. Ideological strategies used by perpetrators as well as Dissociative Identity Disorders experienced by those affected are associated with more severe symptoms (η² = 0.11; η² = 0.15), while an exit out of the ORA structures is associated with milder symptoms (η² = 0.11). Efforts are needed to improve health care services for individuals who experience severe and complex psychiatric disorders due to ORA in their childhood.
有组织的、仪式化的儿童性虐待(ORA)通常植根于儿童自己的家庭。关于报告这种极端和长期暴力的人,ORA 与创伤相关症状之间可能存在关联的实证证据很少。我们的研究目的是探讨报告 ORA 经历的个体的社会人口学和临床特征,并调查 ORA 和创伤相关症状严重程度之间联系的保护和促进因素。在德国的一个项目框架内,我们招募了 165 名成年人,他们通过虐待和创伤特定的网络和邮件列表将自己确定为 ORA 受害者,并完成了一项匿名在线调查。我们使用方差分析来检查 ORA 背景下的几个变量与 PTSD 症状(PCL-5)和躯体化解离(SDQ-5)之间的相关性。结果显示,报告有 ORA 经历的个体心理压力很大,医疗状况不佳。施害者使用的意识形态策略以及受影响者经历的分离性身份障碍与更严重的症状相关(η² = 0.11;η² = 0.15),而从 ORA 结构中退出则与较轻的症状相关(η² = 0.11)。需要努力改善医疗服务,为那些因童年时期经历过严重和复杂精神障碍的人提供服务。