Psychological effects on sexually abused children

Survivors of child sexual abuse will experience psychological effects, but rather than equally, they will experience to varying degrees and in different combinations." Although sexual abuse will undoubtedly affect different children of different age groups and circumstances in different ways there are a number of common effects". (Mayes, G.M., Currie, E.F., Macleod, L., Gillies, J.B., Warden, D.A., 1992, p.102). Physical evidence in child sexual abuse is rare, however the psychological injuries that …

…clear that the abuse will probably have major influences on the life of the victim or survivor, both in the immediate and long term. Shortfalls in research notwithstanding, it is clear that child sexual abuse takes on many shapes and forms, just as its victims and survivors react in different degrees to such abuse. Perhaps the most devastating long-term effect of child sexual abuse is the survivor's struggle in dealing with its consequences and repercussions.