Newman Abbie, Tener Dafna, Evans Elizabeth H, Katz Carmit, Lusky-Weisrose Efrat, Nadan Yochay
Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center, USA.
Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Mar;137:106032. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106032. Epub 2023 Jan 20.
Although research on child sexual abuse (CSA) has greatly evolved, studies revealing survivors' conflicting feelings towards their perpetrators and family members are scarce. Professionals' perceptions of love in intrafamilial CSA are often overlooked.
The current study examined the perceptions of professionals working on CSA multidisciplinary teams (MDT). The research questions were: (1) How do professionals define love in families with CSA? (2) What are professionals' perceptions of parental love in families with CSA? (3) What are professionals' perceptions of love from the abused child towards their parents and siblings? (4) What are the differences between professionals' perceptions of love and those of the families they serve, and how do professionals deal with these different perceptions during interventions?
Five focus groups with a total of 34 child advocacy center (CAC) and MDT professionals from two CACs in the US mid-Atlantic region were conducted virtually and analyzed using a thematic approach.
The findings indicated that professionals recognized parental love at the center of familial child sexual abuse (FCSA) cases and its range from benevolent and healthy to maladaptive, offensive love. Professionals also recognized the mechanisms enabling children's love for both offending and non-offending parents and complex expressions of love between siblings, even when one sibling sexually abused another.
This study highlights the importance of promoting discourse on love in cases of intrafamilial CSA. Recognizing and embracing the complexity of love bonds may empower the abused child and support their need to believe in their parents' love.
尽管对儿童性虐待（CSA）的研究有了很大进展，但揭示幸存者对施虐者和家庭成员存在矛盾情感的研究却很稀少。专业人员对家庭内部儿童性虐待中爱的认知常常被忽视。
本研究调查了儿童性虐待多学科团队（MDT）中专业人员的认知。研究问题如下：（1）专业人员如何定义存在儿童性虐待的家庭中的爱？（2）专业人员对存在儿童性虐待的家庭中父母之爱的认知是什么？（3）专业人员对受虐儿童对其父母和兄弟姐妹的爱的认知是什么？（4）专业人员对爱的认知与他们所服务家庭的认知之间有何差异，以及专业人员在干预过程中如何处理这些不同的认知？
对来自美国大西洋中部地区两个儿童权益保护中心（CAC）的34名儿童权益保护中心和多学科团队专业人员进行了5次焦点小组访谈，访谈以虚拟方式进行，并采用主题分析法进行分析。
研究结果表明，专业人员认识到父母之爱是家庭内部儿童性虐待（FCSA）案件的核心，其范围从良性和健康的爱到适应不良、冒犯性的爱。专业人员还认识到促使儿童爱施虐和未施虐父母的机制，以及兄弟姐妹之间复杂的爱的表达，即使其中一个兄弟姐妹对另一个进行了性虐待。
本研究强调了在家庭内部儿童性虐待案件中促进关于爱的讨论的重要性。认识并接受爱的纽带复杂性可能会增强受虐儿童的力量，并支持他们相信父母之爱的需求。
