Parental Prevention Practice toward Child sexual abuse

UshaJose.K; Dr.Shankar Ganesh

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

Parental Prevention Practice toward Child sexual abuse

Ushajose. K, Dr. Shankar Ganesh

Abstract :

Child sexual abuse is not a new phenomenon. Schechter and Roberge(1976) defined “sexual abuse as the involvement of dependent, developmentally immature children and adolescents in sexual activities they do not truly comprehend to which they are unable to give informed consent, or that violate the social taboos of family roles.” The most comprehensive definition is given by the Standing committee on sexually abused Children, 1984 which states that, “Any child below the age of consent may be deemed to have been sexually abused when a sexually matured person has engaged or permitted the engagement of the child in any activity of a sexual nature which is intended to lead to sexual gratification of the sexually mature person.” The aim of the present is to find out the role of parents in identifying the child sexual abuse. There are different forms of child sexual abuse include asking or pressuring a child to engage in sexual activities, indecent exposure of the genitals, female nipples, physical sexual contact with the child, or using child to produce child pornography. The effects of child sexual abuse can include depression, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, physical injury to the child, sexual abuse by a family member is a form of incest and can result in more serious and long term psychological problems. The modern concept of family relationships has changed and that has ought lot of changes. The concept of parent children relationship is getting worse in urban areas. Spending time with children has become a rare concept. To identify the parents attitudes and how much they are aware of the child sexual abuse evils, these can be known elaborately by conducting a study.