Peritraumatic Pain in Child Sexual Abuse: Children's Descriptions of Pain as Conveyed in Their Testimonies Following Child Sexual Abuse.

摘要: The literature on child sexual abuse (CSA) has contributed significantly to the understanding of its characteristics, epidemiology, and consequences. Considerably less attention been dedicated, however, subjective experiences abused children, more specifically their pain. current study explored way children perceive describe pain during shortly following incidents abuse. sample was comprised 35 transcripts forensic interviews alleged CSA. Thematic analysis children's narratives identified three themes: (a) abusive incidents, described using words indicating intensity quality; (b) after including weeks later, (c) as embedded within complex dynamic with perpetrator. struggled localize pain, mainly such "inside" "deep." Moreover, they testified that in course were often silenced when trying communicate perpetrators. provided us a unique opportunity learn about not only but also it. Additionally, suffering from areas directly injured CSA referring head, abdomen legs. discussion addresses potential intervening factors peritraumatic well links chronic post-traumatic physical mental morbidity. This illuminates necessity address complicated between short- long-term physical, emotional, cognitive, interpersonal manifestations