Children's disclosure of sexual abuse: A systematic review of qualitative research exploring barriers and facilitators

SE Morrison, C Bruce, S Wilson - Journal of child sexual abuse, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study evaluates and synthesizes qualitative evidence addressing factors affecting a
child's decision to disclose an experience of sexual abuse. Childhood sexual abuse is a …

Possible paths to increase detection of child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a meta-synthesis of survivors' and health professionals' experiences of …

SH Stige, AC Andersen, JE Halvorsen… - … journal of qualitative …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Efforts are directed both towards prevention and early detection of Child sexual
abuse (CSA). Yet, only about 50% of CSA survivors disclose before adulthood, and health …

What helps children tell? A qualitative meta‐analysis of child sexual abuse disclosure

E Brennan, R McElvaney - Child abuse review, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing use of qualitative methodologies to explore experiences of child sexual
abuse (CSA) disclosure has led to the need to synthesise these findings. Recent reviews …

Child sexual abuse disclosures: Does age make a difference?

R McElvaney, K Moore, K O'Reilly, R Turner… - Child abuse & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The literature is inconsistent as to the relationship between age at time of abuse
and time to disclosure of child sexual abuse (CSA) and the factors that influence early …

[HTML][HTML] “To say it out loud is to kill your own childhood.”–An exploration of the first person perspective of barriers to disclosing child sexual abuse

JE Halvorsen, ET Solberg, SH Stige - Children and youth services review, 2020 - Elsevier
Background: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious threat to a child's existence and
development. Yet, on average it takes 17 years before victims disclose their abuse …

Surviving child sexual abuse in women's artistic gymnastics:'It's beautiful, because had I stayed in the past, I wouldn't have evolved as a person'

N Barker-Ruchti, V Varea - … Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal raised global awareness about child sexual abuse
(CSA) in women's artistic gymnastics. The ensuing media coverage also centre-staged …

The secret of intrafamilial child sexual abuse: Who keeps it and how?

D Tener - Journal of child sexual abuse, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article analyzes how women survivors of intrafamilial child sexual abuse perceive the
family members who took part in keeping it secret and their tactics for doing so. Analysis of …

“I felt like I was going to cause conflict. So, I kept quiet…”(Female child rape victim, 15 years)

B Moolman, T Tolla, R Essop, N Isaacs, M Makoae - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2023 - Elsevier
Background There is limited research in South Africa that has analysed the experiences of
child and youth victims of crime and sexual victimisation who accessed formal response …

A qualitative exploration of fear and safety with child victims of sexual abuse

JM Foster, WB Hagedorn - … of Mental Health …, 2014 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
Although child sexual abuse (CSA) is a pervasive societal problem that is estimated to affect
1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys before the age of 18 (Centers for Disease Control and …

Women's contexts and circumstances of posttraumatic growth after sexual victimization: a systematic review

M Guggisberg, S Bottino, CM Doran - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sexual violence is a concerning public health and criminal justice problem. Even though
extensive literature has linked sexual victimization to a multitude of mental and physical …