Speaking With and Without Words—An Analysis of Foster Children’s Expressions and Behaviors That Are Suggestive of Prior Sexual Abuse

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dc.contributor.authorWubs, D., Batstra, L., & Grietens, H. W.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-30T15:45:38Z
dc.date.available2017-11-30T15:45:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis exploratory study reports on foster children’s informal selfdisclosures of previously unknown histories of sexual abuse. Data were collected from 40 children’s files, and an inductive thematic analysis of verbal and behavioral expressions was conducted. Findings suggest that foster children’s self-disclosures can be fragmented, spontaneous, narrative, or triggered and often occur during everyday activities in the foster family. The children disclose their past by referring to the perpetrator or the severity of the abuse or by acting out, mostly by reenacting sexual abuse experiences. In addition, some children use childish vocabulary focusing on genitals or sexual acts they were involved in or want to be involved in. Last, some foster children seem to be linguistically challenged to disclose that a female person abused them or that they were forced to reciprocate sexually. This study adds to the understanding of the complex process of child sexual abuse disclosure in the context of foster care.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWubs, D., Batstra, L., & Grietens, H. W. (2017). Speaking With and Without Words—An Analysis of Foster Children’s Expressions and Behaviors That Are Suggestive of Prior Sexual Abuse. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 1-18.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10538712.2017.1390716?needAccess=true
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3619
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of child sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectnon-verbal behavioren_US
dc.subjectfoster careen_US
dc.subjectdisclosureen_US
dc.subjectlanguageen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectNetherlandsen_US
dc.titleSpeaking With and Without Words—An Analysis of Foster Children’s Expressions and Behaviors That Are Suggestive of Prior Sexual Abuseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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