TY - JOUR
T1 - The Amsterdam Sexual Abuse Case
T2 - What Scars did it Leave? Long-Term Course of Psychological Problems for Children Who have been Sexually Abused at a Very Young Age, and their Parents
AU - Tsang, Vionna M.W.
AU - Verlinden, Eva
AU - van Duin, Esther M.
AU - Twisk, Jos W.R.
AU - Brilleslijper-Kater, Sonja N.
AU - Gigengack, Maj R.
AU - Verhoeff, Arnoud P.
AU - Lindauer, Ramón J.L.
N1 - Funding Information: This study was made possible from the financial support of the Public Health Service of Amsterdam, the University Medical Centers of Amsterdam, the Ministry of Security & Justice, and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands. Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Longitudinal research of CSA in infancy and early childhood is scarce. The current study examined the long-term course of psychological outcomes (PTSD, dissociation and internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems) in children who were sexually abused in the early childhood. Additionally, we looked into the outcomes for their parents by assessing PTSD symptoms and negative emotional reactions towards the sexual abuse of their child. We examined the outcomes for five consecutive years in a sample of children (n = 45) who were sexually abused at a very young age (0–3) and their parents (n = 42), included in the Amsterdam Sexual Abuse Case-study. We found that outcomes following CSA in early childhood go beyond PTSD symptoms and can manifest in atypical symptoms such as behavioral problems. Parents experienced persistent PTSD in the years following CSA disclosure. CSA in very young children warrants long-term monitoring, as negative outcomes still present 8 years later.
AB - Longitudinal research of CSA in infancy and early childhood is scarce. The current study examined the long-term course of psychological outcomes (PTSD, dissociation and internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems) in children who were sexually abused in the early childhood. Additionally, we looked into the outcomes for their parents by assessing PTSD symptoms and negative emotional reactions towards the sexual abuse of their child. We examined the outcomes for five consecutive years in a sample of children (n = 45) who were sexually abused at a very young age (0–3) and their parents (n = 42), included in the Amsterdam Sexual Abuse Case-study. We found that outcomes following CSA in early childhood go beyond PTSD symptoms and can manifest in atypical symptoms such as behavioral problems. Parents experienced persistent PTSD in the years following CSA disclosure. CSA in very young children warrants long-term monitoring, as negative outcomes still present 8 years later.
KW - Child maltreatment
KW - Infants
KW - Post-traumatic stress disorder
KW - Preschoolers
KW - Sexual abuse
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-01067-5
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-01067-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 33011833
SN - 0009-398X
VL - 52
SP - 891
EP - 902
JO - Child psychiatry and human development
JF - Child psychiatry and human development
IS - 5
ER -
