Psychiatric Impact of Organized and Ritual Child Sexual Abuse: Cross-Sectional Findings from Individuals Who Report Being Victimized

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dc.contributor.authorSchröder, J., Nick, S., Richter-Appelt, H., & Briken, P.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-07T20:31:16Z
dc.date.available2018-11-07T20:31:16Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractOrganized and ritual child sexual abuse (ORA) is often rooted in the child’s own family. Empirical evidence on possible associations between ORA and trauma-related symptoms in those who report this kind of extreme and prolonged violence is rare. The aim of our study was to explore socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the individuals reporting ORA experiences, and to investigate protective as well as promotive factors in the link between ORA and trauma-related symptom severity. Within the framework of a project of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in Germany, we recruited 165 adults who identified themselves as ORA victims via abuseand trauma-specific networks and mailing lists, and they completed an anonymous online survey. We used variance analyses to examine correlations between several variables in the ORA context and PTSD symptoms (PCL-5) as well as somatoform dissociation (SDQ-5). Results revealed a high psychic strain combined with an adverse health care situation in individuals who report experiences with ORA. Ideological strategies used by perpetrators as well as Dissociative Identity Disorders experienced by those affected are associated with more severe symptoms ( 2 p = 0.11; 2 p = 0.15), while an exit out of the ORA structures is associated with milder symptoms ( 2 p = 0.11). Efforts are needed to improve health care services for individuals who experience severe and complex psychiatric disorders due to ORA in their childhood.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSchröder, J., Nick, S., Richter-Appelt, H., & Briken, P. (2018). Psychiatric Impact of Organized and Ritual Child Sexual Abuse: Cross-Sectional Findings from Individuals Who Report Being Victimized. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(11), 2417.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/11/2417/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4042
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational journal of environmental research and public healthen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectfamily violenceen_US
dc.subjectorganized abuseen_US
dc.subjectritual abuseen_US
dc.subjectPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)en_US
dc.subjectdissociative identity disorderen_US
dc.subjectsomatoform dissociationen_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectGermanyen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.titlePsychiatric Impact of Organized and Ritual Child Sexual Abuse: Cross-Sectional Findings from Individuals Who Report Being Victimizeden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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