Sexual abuse

Childhood sexual abuse is far too prevalent within our society. Child abuse in general, as well as sexual abuse, is growing every year, MacLennon (1993) states that 140,000 cases were reported in the year of 1986 and according to Alexander (1989) about 25% of all women report a history of sexual child abuse. Statistics show that sexual child abuse occurs more frequently among females, 7 - 13 years of age, compared to males and that 85% of abuse occurs within the home (MacLennon, 1993). …

…maladaptive behavior as the actual act of abuse. Research should definitely be conducted varying different modes of therapy in conjunction with family therapy. It has been often said that "psychology is not an exact science", well neither are the minds of human beings, let alone the thought processes of a young child who has been sexually abused. One should keep this in mind when wanting to standardize a solution for any kind of psychological disorder.