Department of Health Sciences, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscaminque, 445 Bd de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda J9X 5E4, Québec, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 avenue Vincent d'Indy, Montréal H2V 2S9, Québec, Canada.
Child Abuse Negl. 2024 Jan;147:106537. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106537. Epub 2023 Nov 11.
Contextual variables associated with children's willingness to disclose sexual abuse have been identified in previous studies, but further investigation is needed to better understand delayed disclosure of child sexual abuse (CSA).
This study aimed to examine the factors associated with the risk of delayed disclosure of CSA. More specifically, it focused on a factor that has rarely, if ever, been looked into: the fact that some victims are led to perform sexual acts on the perpetrator.
A content analysis was performed on 68 transcripts of investigative interviews with CSA victims aged 4 to 12 years old.
Based on our content analysis, the time between the first abuse and the first disclosure was determined for each victim. The age and gender of the victim, the victim's relationship with the perpetrator, the age of the perpetrator, the frequency and severity of the abuse, and whether or not the victim mentioned having performed sexual acts on the perpetrator were also coded.
Chi-square analyses showed that the risk of delayed disclosure was associated with the victim's having performed, or not performed, sexual acts on the perpetrator (χ = 16.327, p < 0.001), the victim's relationship with the perpetrator (χ = 10.013, p = 0.002), and the frequency of the abuse (χ = 11.617, p < 0.001).
Our study is the first to demonstrate that having been led to sexually touch the perpetrator is associated with delayed disclosure of CSA.
先前的研究已经确定了与儿童披露性虐待意愿相关的情境变量，但为了更好地理解儿童性虐待（CSA）的延迟披露，还需要进一步的调查。
本研究旨在探讨与 CSA 延迟披露相关的风险因素。更具体地说，它侧重于一个很少（如果有过的话）被研究过的因素：即一些受害者被引导对施害者进行性接触的事实。
对 68 名 4 至 12 岁 CSA 受害者的调查访谈记录进行了内容分析。
根据我们的内容分析，确定了每位受害者从第一次受虐待到第一次披露的时间。还对受害者的年龄和性别、受害者与施害者的关系、施害者的年龄、虐待的频率和严重程度、以及受害者是否提到对施害者进行过性接触进行了编码。
卡方分析显示，延迟披露的风险与受害者是否对施害者进行性接触（χ²=16.327，p<0.001）、受害者与施害者的关系（χ²=10.013，p=0.002）以及虐待的频率（χ²=11.617，p<0.001）有关。
我们的研究首次表明，被引导对施害者进行性接触与 CSA 的延迟披露有关。
