Open AccessResilience in Child Sexual Abuse:Role of Protective Factors
Author(s) -
Divya Ravindran,
Janardhavaneetham,
Indiramma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
artha journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-329X
DOI - 10.12724/ajss.20.2
Subject(s) - sexual abuse , psychosocial , child sexual abuse , psychological resilience , child abuse , psychological intervention , psychology , clinical psychology , psychological abuse , family resilience , developmental psychology , psychiatry , poison control , suicide prevention , medicine , medical emergency , psychotherapist
Child sexual abuse is a major public health problem with significant psychosocial consequences (Afifi & Macmillan, 2011). All child sexual abuse victims do not depict adverse consequences in later life. The variability of impact in a potentially traumatic experience like child sexual abuse is explained by the construct of resilience and it being the outcome of the influence of certain protective factors (Henley, 2010). The present article conceptualizes resilience in the area of child sexual abuse where individual, familial and community level factors are identified as predictors to fostering resilience. Formulation and development of effective interventions to reduce the impairment following child sexual abuse and to foster resilience in children, adolescents and survivors are recommended.