Families coping with the forensic anogenital colposcopic examination
| Autor: | Annie Vesterby Charles, Mikael Thastum, Marlene Beyer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Coping (psychology)
K5000-5582 forensic medical examination anxiety Forensic science coping Criminal law and procedure Distress Sexual abuse child sexual abuse Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Rating scale Child sexual abuse medicine Conviction Anxiety anogenital colposcopic examination medicine.symptom Psychology HV1-9960 Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 13-19 (2014) Thastum, M, Eg, M B & Vesterby, A 2014, ' Families coping with the forensic anogenital colposcopic examination ', Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 13-19 . https://doi.org/10.2478/sjfs-2013-0011 |
| ISSN: | 2353-0707 |
| Popis: | Background: The anogenital colposcopic examination is not a routine procedure in the ordinary examination of children, and knowledge is sparse regarding child and parental anticipation and coping. Methodology: The study included 60 children aged 4 - 15 years of age, examined on grounds of alleged sexual abuse, during a two year period. The physician rated the child using the Procedure Behavioral Rating Scale (PBRS). In addition, the child and parent completed a questionnaire concerning their experience. Principal findings: Mean PBRS score was 1.3. Significant positive correlations were found between the parental expectations to the child’s anxiety regarding the examination, and the children’s anxiety, the experience of the examination being bad/ugly and the experience of pain during the examination. Significantly higher PBRS scores were found in the group with no perpetrator conviction. Conclusions: High levels of parental and child distress emphasizes the need for better preparatory and stress reducing procedures, to avoid possible re-victimization and negative influence of parental anticipatory anxiety on the child. The finding of significantly higher PBRS scores in the group with no conviction could indicate, that lack of behavioral distress might be related to the possibility of sexual abuse. |
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