000			02333nam a2200337Ia 4500
001			111371
005			20250625151253.0
008			110331s1997 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aLightfoot, Susan _91559
245			_aRisk factors for a New Zealand sample of sexually enacting children and adolescents _cLightfoot, Susan
260			_c1997
300			_axvi, 152 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aThesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Social Sciences in Psychology.
520			_aThis study investigated the factors which may be implicated in the aetiology of child and adolescent sexually molestive behaviour. The author suggests that the available literature proposes that psychological, familial, and individual life-history factors are associated. This study examined the individual and family characteristics of 20 sexually enacting children and adolescents, in comparison to a matched clinical sample of 20 non-perpetuating children. The history of sexual abuse as a factor in sexual enacting is examined and theoretical models for the aetiology of child and adolescent sexual enacting behaviour are explored. Some of the findings from this study identify that sexually enacting children and adolescents are significantly more likely to: have been suspected of experiencing sexual abuse that was unable to be confirmed; have experienced more abuse and trauma, particularly physical abuse and verbal violence; have a history of multiple disruptions to attachment with primary adults; and have disrupted, conflicted, and abusive family relationships, and covert family systems. This thesis draws a number of conclusions, including that sexually enacting children display patterns of withdrawal and internalisation when reacting to emotional arousal.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aADOLESCENTS _943
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDEMOGRAPHICS _9189
650	2	7	_2FVC _aFAMILIES _9238
650	2	7	_2FVC _aNEGLECT _9401
650	2	7	_2FVC _aOFFENDERS _9413
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_2FVC _aVICTIMS _9622
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS
999			_c3379 _d3379