System Intervention Trauma to Child Sexual Abuse Victims Following Disclosure

Abstract

This study attempts to discover if further traumatization occurs to sexually abused children through societal system interventions. The Traumagenic Model, developed by David Finkelhor, which explains the dynamics of trauma in child sexual abuse, was employed as the theoretical framework to understand how societal system interventions can produce or reinforce the previous trauma from sexual abuse. Ninety sexually abused children ages 9 to 19 were selected from three counties that have contrasting societal system interventions. The results of the study indicated that the number of interviews children experienced and a trusting relationship with a professional were statistically significant predictors of trauma scores. Other major system interventions, testifying and removal of the child from the home, were not statistically correlated to trauma scores. The majority of the children found the system a positive support in assisting them with the stress of the intervention and personal loss.

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