Mykolas Romeris University, Ateities str. 20, Vilnius, LT 08303, Lithuania.
Mykolas Romeris University, Ateities str. 20, Vilnius, LT 08303, Lithuania.
Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Apr;138:106061. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106061. Epub 2023 Jan 26.
We examined the prevalence of different types of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in Lithuania focusing on how these experiences were related to victim's age and relationship to the perpetrator.
The participants came from a representative household survey of youth aged 18-29 and the sample consisted of 2000 participants (47.7 % women) with a mean age of 23.9 years (SD = 3.6). The ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool Retrospective version (ICAST-R, Dunne et al., 2009) for young adults was used to investigate childhood exposure to CSA. Both current sociodemographic information and information on circumstances during childhood (e.g., number of siblings, family members with whom the participant lived between 7 and 12 year of age) were collected.
The prevalence of any CSA experience before the age of 18 was 15.9 %, with higher rates for women (13.5 % and 18.5 % for men and women, respectively). Being spoken to in a sexual way or sexual things being written about the person was the most prevalent form of CSA. In contrast, number of victims that reported sexual intercourse was much lower. The most common type of perpetrator was another young person. Intrafamilial CSA was rare with higher risk in step-relationships.
Our study provides representative prevalence estimates of the CSA in a region for which such estimates were not previously available. These Lithuanian estimates correspond well with previous literature. Importantly, the findings point to peers being an important perpetrator group in CSA cases. This and other findings can inform the planning of relevant policy measures and actions to both prevent CSA and investigate cases effectively.
我们考察了立陶宛不同类型的儿童性虐待（CSA）的流行情况，重点关注这些经历与受害者年龄和与施害者的关系。
参与者来自一项针对 18-29 岁青年的代表性家庭调查，样本由 2000 名参与者（47.7%为女性）组成，平均年龄为 23.9 岁（SD=3.6）。使用 Dunne 等人（2009 年）开发的用于青年的 ISPCAN 儿童虐待筛查工具回顾版（ICAST-R）来调查儿童时期暴露于 CSA 的情况。收集了当前的社会人口统计学信息以及童年时期的情况信息（例如，兄弟姐妹的数量，参与者在 7 至 12 岁期间与哪些家庭成员一起生活）。
18 岁之前发生任何 CSA 经历的比例为 15.9%，女性的比例更高（分别为 13.5%和 18.5%）。以性方式与某人交谈或书写关于某人的性内容是 CSA 最常见的形式。相比之下，报告发生过性交的受害者人数要低得多。最常见的施害者类型是另一个年轻人。家庭内 CSA 很少见，继亲关系的风险更高。
我们的研究提供了该地区 CSA 的代表性流行率估计值，此前该地区没有此类估计值。这些立陶宛的估计值与之前的文献相符。重要的是，研究结果表明同龄人是 CSA 案件中的一个重要施害者群体。这些和其他发现可以为规划相关政策措施和行动提供信息，以预防 CSA 并有效调查案件。
