Korean J Psychosom Med.  2019 Jun;27(1):13-24. 10.22722/KJPM.2019.27.1.13.

A Cohort Study of Children and Adolescents Victims with Sexual Abuse in Korea and Their Initial Assessment Results

• Kim KY
• Lee NH
• Cheon KA
• Song DH

• KMID: 2453177
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22722/KJPM.2019.27.1.13

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The goals of the study are how to establish the cohort systems for the children and adolescents victims with sexual abuse in Korea and to identify the risk and protective factors that influence mental health in child sexual abuse (CSA). This is initial assessment data based on the analysis of cohort variables for baseline evaluation of subjects.
METHODS
We constructed the cohort systems for CSA victims recruited by Seoul Sunflower Children Center, CSA victims protection center. The initial assessment data which consisted of demographic and psychological inventories of CSA victims and their parents/families, psychiatric diagnoses were the results of statistical analysis of 65 subjects under 19 years old for 3 years 7 months.
RESULTS
The initial data were followings : female participants, N=56; mean age, 11.6 (SD=4.5); the most sexual assault, molestation 71.8%; victims, family and acquaintance 87.1%; 61.5% of the subjects diagnosed with psychiatric disorder; 29.2% diagnosed with PTSD and 23.1% diagnosed with depression. Mean duration for abuse to report is 1.5 years. Mean score of IES-R-K, TSCYC-avoidant and CBCL-problematic behavior were increased above clinical cut-off.
CONCLUSIONS
CSA victims tend to have high risks in mental health problem. The cohort study could provide the risk and protective factors of CSA in mental health, and construct the predictive model for mental illness in Korea.

Keyword

Child and adolescent; Sexual; Cohort system

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Child Abuse, Sexual
Child*
Cohort Studies*
Depression
Diagnosis
Equipment and Supplies
Female
Helianthus
Humans
Korea*
Mental Health
Protective Factors
Seoul
Sex Offenses*
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic