Child sexual abuse: the perception of mothers concerning their daughters' sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse: the perception of mothers concerning their daughters' sexual abuse.

Domestic violence affects all members in a family and children are considered the main victims. This qualitative study aimed to grasp the perception of mothers whose daughters were sexually abused. Data were collected between February and March 2007 in a governmental facility in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil through semi-structured interviews with ten mothers of sexually abused children. Data were submi...

Child Sexual Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse

14„child Sexual Abuse”

Sexual abuse is defined as the involvement in developmentally immature children or adolescents in sexual activities that they do not fully comprehend, to which they are unable to give informed consent and that violate social taboos of family or other adult-child relationships. We present one of the more drastic and obvious cases of sexual abuse in adolescents – which has been observed in childh...