Peculiarities of Providing Psychological Assistance to Abused Children
The paper reflects the content and forms of the sexual abuse of children and the features of incestuous abuse. It analyzes the impact of sexual abuse on a child’s life, including the immediate and long-term consequences of sexual violence. The paper determines the peculiarities of psychological assi...
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| author | Kateryna Mannapova Ivan Okhrimenko Iuliia Tverdokhvalova Svitlana Bychkova Pavlo Makarenko Viktoriia Меlnychuk |
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| description | The paper reflects the content and forms of the sexual abuse of children and the features of incestuous abuse. It analyzes the impact of sexual abuse on a child’s life, including the immediate and long-term consequences of sexual violence. The paper determines the peculiarities of psychological assistance to sexually abused children, the goals of psychological support, the tasks and forms of conducting a psychological session with a child. The aim of the study is to identify the impact of psychological assistance on the dynamics and changes in the personal characteristics of sexually abused children. The empirical basis of the study consisted of 64 people (9 boys and 55 girls between the ages of 6 and 15) who had been sexually abused and received psychological assistance. The experimental study was conducted during 2019 and covered the results of observations, interviews with children who were the victims of violence, collecting formalized data using three multifactorial psychodiagnostic techniques. It was proved that psychotherapeutic work with this category of children contributes to changes in the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral spheres of personality. There were positive changes in mental states, gradual changes in the attitudes towards their body and assessment of their physicality, the development of sexuality, a correct idea of the body was formed, etc. The methodical complex used in the research confirmed its validity and it can be used as a psychological tool for diagnosing the mental trauma of abused children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b27ccb4198a4b869d75c2be1ba87e5d2024-02-01T18:00:40ZengEduSoft publishingBrain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience2067-39572021-05-01112Sup113915610.18662/brain/11.2Sup1/100938Peculiarities of Providing Psychological Assistance to Abused ChildrenKateryna Mannapova0Ivan Okhrimenko1Iuliia Tverdokhvalova2Svitlana Bychkova3Pavlo Makarenko4Viktoriia Меlnychuk5Candidate of psychological sciences, Associate professor of the Department of Sociology and Psychology, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, UkraineDoctor in law, professor, Professor of the Department of Legal Psychology, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, UkraineCandidate of psychological sciences, Associate professor of the Department of Sociology and Psychology, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, UkraineDoctor in law, professor, Head of the Department of Civil Law and Procedure, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, UkraineCandidate of psychological sciences, associate professor, Deputy Dean of the Faculty No. 4, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, UkraineCandidate of philosophy, associate professor, Associate professor of the Department of Social Sciences, Polissia National University, Zhytomyr, UkraineThe paper reflects the content and forms of the sexual abuse of children and the features of incestuous abuse. It analyzes the impact of sexual abuse on a child’s life, including the immediate and long-term consequences of sexual violence. The paper determines the peculiarities of psychological assistance to sexually abused children, the goals of psychological support, the tasks and forms of conducting a psychological session with a child. The aim of the study is to identify the impact of psychological assistance on the dynamics and changes in the personal characteristics of sexually abused children. The empirical basis of the study consisted of 64 people (9 boys and 55 girls between the ages of 6 and 15) who had been sexually abused and received psychological assistance. The experimental study was conducted during 2019 and covered the results of observations, interviews with children who were the victims of violence, collecting formalized data using three multifactorial psychodiagnostic techniques. It was proved that psychotherapeutic work with this category of children contributes to changes in the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral spheres of personality. There were positive changes in mental states, gradual changes in the attitudes towards their body and assessment of their physicality, the development of sexuality, a correct idea of the body was formed, etc. The methodical complex used in the research confirmed its validity and it can be used as a psychological tool for diagnosing the mental trauma of abused children.https://www.edusoft.ro/brain/index.php/brain/article/view/1131child victimsviolenceabusesexual assaultsexual abusepsychological helppsycho-rehabilitation |
| spellingShingle | Kateryna Mannapova Ivan Okhrimenko Iuliia Tverdokhvalova Svitlana Bychkova Pavlo Makarenko Viktoriia Меlnychuk Peculiarities of Providing Psychological Assistance to Abused Children Brain: Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience child victims violence abuse sexual assault sexual abuse psychological help psycho-rehabilitation |
| title | Peculiarities of Providing Psychological Assistance to Abused Children |
| title_full | Peculiarities of Providing Psychological Assistance to Abused Children |
| title_fullStr | Peculiarities of Providing Psychological Assistance to Abused Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Peculiarities of Providing Psychological Assistance to Abused Children |
| title_short | Peculiarities of Providing Psychological Assistance to Abused Children |
| title_sort | peculiarities of providing psychological assistance to abused children |
| topic | child victims violence abuse sexual assault sexual abuse psychological help psycho-rehabilitation |
| url | https://www.edusoft.ro/brain/index.php/brain/article/view/1131 |
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