Rosaleen McElvaney, School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, 8818Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
St Clare's Unit, Children's Health Ireland at Connolly, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
J Interpers Violence. 2023 Jan;38(1-2):NP1163-NP1186. doi: 10.1177/08862605221088278. Epub 2022 Apr 28.
The recent attention focused on child sexual abuse (CSA) disclosure pathways has highlighted complex psychological processes that influence disclosure both for children and adults. Some authors have suggested that such processes may differ between children and adults yet few studies have examined distinct samples within the same study. This paper addresses this gap by exploring adolescent ( = 20) and adult ( = 10) experiences of disclosure of childhood sexual abuse. Interviews were conducted with both samples, using the same interview schedule and a comparative analysis was conducted of the key themes identified from a grounded theory analysis. Those themes that were found to be common to both samples included pressure cooker effect, telling would make it worse, and self-blame. Themes that were found to be more prevalent in the adolescent sample included police/court involvement, concern for other children, being asked, and peer influence. It is suggested that such potential differences reflect the changing social context over the past few decades which is characterised by increased awareness of sexual abuse as a crime and the risks of recidivism of offenders.
最近对儿童性虐待（CSA）披露途径的关注强调了影响儿童和成人披露的复杂心理过程。一些作者认为，这些过程在儿童和成人之间可能有所不同，但很少有研究在同一研究中检查不同的样本。本文通过探索青少年（= 20）和成年人（= 10）披露儿童性虐待的经历来解决这一差距。对两个样本都进行了访谈，使用相同的访谈计划，并对从扎根理论分析中确定的关键主题进行了比较分析。那些被发现两个样本都有的主题包括高压锅效应、说出来会让情况更糟和自责。那些在青少年样本中更为普遍的主题包括警察/法庭介入、关心其他孩子、被询问和同伴影响。有人认为，这种潜在的差异反映了过去几十年中不断变化的社会环境，其特点是对性虐待作为犯罪的认识以及犯罪者累犯的风险增加。
