[Disclosure of Adolescents in Residential Care Institutions and Boarding Schools after Exposure to Sexual Violence].
Disclosure of Adolescents in Residential Care Institutions and Boarding Schools after Exposure to Sexual Violence In international research, many papers exist about the issue of disclosure after having experienced sexual violence. However, specific research regarding disclosure processes of children and adolescents in institutional care are missing, even though those are particularly often affected by sexual violence. In the Germany-wide study "Sprich mit!", adolescents from the age of 15 up (n = 322; average age 16,69 (SD = 1,3); 57,1 % males) who live in residential care or boarding schools were asked for experiences of sexual violence and their consequences by means of a self-report questionnaire. Results showed that the majority of the adolescents (82 %) entrusted themselves to someone, mostly towards peers (56 %) and less frequent towards adults (24 %). Boys and girls opened up equally often, regardless of the severity of the experienced violence. Adolescents who entrusted themselves towards their peers indicated retrospectively more satisfaction than those entrusting themselves towards adults, even if there were no consequences following the disclosure. Considering that the disclosure towards peers did not initiate a process of help, adolescents in institutional care should be better informed about relevant possibilities to entrust themselves and receive support.
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Ulm Steinhövelstraße 5 89075 Ulm Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Ulm.
Thea
T
Rau
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Ulm Steinhövelstraße 5 89075 Ulm Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Ulm.|Psychologisches Institut Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6 50933 Köln Institutsgebäude I, 9./10. OG Psychologisches Institut der Deutschen Sporthochschule Köln.
Jeannine
J
Ohlert
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Ulm Steinhövelstraße 5 89075 Ulm Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Ulm.
Jörg M
JM
Fegert
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie Universitätsklinikum Ulm Steinhövelstraße 5 89075 Ulm Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Ulm.
Marc
M
Allroggen
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012574:Schools; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
Disclosure; Folgen; Hilfeprozess; Jugendliche; adolescents; consequences; disclosure; helping process; institutional care; stationäre Einrichtungen