Childhood Sexual Abuse and Attachment Dis

Prevalence of Attachment Dis in Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Childhood sexual abuse is a persisting problem of the society . The government is allotting researches and social work for the aid of neglected and sexually abused children . One of their projects is the foster care system . Social workers are designated to manage the adoption of neglected and abused children . Social workers are also assigned to handle abused kids in for them to aid in the rehabilitation process . The most evident problem encountered by social workers is the attachment dis brought up by

the traumatic experience of the neglected and abused children

There are several theories that have been analyzed and linked to explain the etiology and prevalence of sexual abuse . One the theories and first proposed rationalization for the incident of sexual abuse was the psychoanalytic approach of Sigmund Freud . The works of Sigmund Freud was the first to hypothesize that ordeal of childhood sexual abuse would later resulting psychiatric or behavioral problems . This approach was then use as a basis for the development of seduction theory were in it was not accepted by the public ADDIN EN .CITE 2007141 412Why does sexual abuse happen ?200704 December2007SECASAhttp /www .secasa .com .au /index .php /worker s /21 /13 "Why does sexual abuse happen " 2007

With the outcome of the seduction theory , he then formulated the theory of psychosexual development to give an explanation for the mental or behavioral problems cause by sexual abuse . This theory as discussed by Freud , claims that children undergoes a certain stage wherein attraction to their parents , son to mother and daughter to father , is prevalent This attraction would revolve around sexual themes and all children undergo this stage . Freud however stated that inability to pass through this stage would result to psychological or behavioral problems ADDIN EN .CITE 2007141 412Why does sexual abuse happen ?200704 December2007SECASAhttp /www .secasa .com .au /index .php /worker s /21 /13 "Why does sexual abuse happen " 2007

Another theory used in study of incidents of child sexual abuse is the victim precipitation approach . This states that the victim and perpetrator acts in concert given the correct signs , eye contact , words and correct circumstances like venues and being alone together . These factors are considered specially in analyzing rape cases . This approach identifies the victim 's behavior as stimulus for the perpetrator 's behavior and action ADDIN EN .CITE MuftiLisa R . Mufti Leana Allen Bouffard Jeffrey A Bouffard An Exploratory Analysis of Victim Precipitation Among Men and Women Arrested for Intimate Partner ViolenceFeminist CriminologyFeminist Criminology7http /fcx .sagepub .com /cgi /content /abstract /2 /4 /327 (Mufti , Bouffard Bouffard 2007

Limitation of this approach revolves around the victim being blamed for the sexual crime that occurred . Most cases of rape suggest that men were provoked into doing the deed and blame is put upon the victim for actions they have done which motivated the offender ADDIN EN .CITE MuftiLisa R . Mufti Leana Allen Bouffard Jeffrey A Bouffard An Exploratory Analysis of Victim Precipitation Among...