Treating the Effects of Sexual Abuse on Children
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Vol. 2 (4) , 415-434
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088626058700200407
Abstract
Effects of child sexual abuse are conceptualized as the result of conditioned anxiety and as socially learned responses to the victimization experience. This conceptualization is used to link existing psychological theory and research to therapeutic interventions. Strategies are proposed to alleviate anxiety, modify maladaptive beliefs and cognitions, restore or instate expectations of self-efficacy, and mitigate disturbed sexual attitudes or behaviors.Keywords
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