Maternal Perceptions Of And Responses To Child Sexual Abuse

Abstract

Several researches indicate that most child victims delay disclosing of sexual abuse for significant periods of time. There are numerous reasons as to why children are avoiding the disclosure of the abuse. The aim of this study was to determine how a mother’s response to a child’s allegations impacts the child’s willingness to disclose sexual abuse.

Keywords

• child sexual abuse
• disclosure
• maternal response
• spolna zloraba otrok
• razkritje
• odziv matere