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el mes de mayo), de los que se analizaron los daños psicológicos de las víctimas
y se estableció como hipótesis que las víctimas de abuso sexual atendidas en el
Centro de Atención a Víctimas del departamento de Concepción en el periodo
2014-2015 presentan daños psicológicos como consecuencia del abuso sexual.
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to identify the psychological harms that
frequently occur in children and adolescents victims of sexual abuse, that were
attended by the Victim Assistance Center of Concepción in the period 2014-
2015. This analysis also seeks to identify the learned behavior by children that
have suffered sexual abuse, as well as determine in which ways, following situa-
tions turn evident: loss of trust towards the aggressor, his/her environment and
the development of interpersonal relationships. This investigation also intends to
analyze the factors that allow visualizing the reactions of those victims who feel
stigmatized and the situations they could experience, in order to make use of the
set procedure to avoid re-victimization in cases of child and adolescent abuse.
Furthermore, this work includes a statistics analysis of the attended cases during
the period 2014-2015 (up to May), in which psychological harms have been
diagnosed. It could be concluded that victims of sexual abuse attended by the
Victim Assistance Center in Concepción during the mentioned period of time,
exhibit psychological harm.
Palabras claves: daño psicológico, secuelas, frecuencia, estigmatiza-
ción, víctimas, abuso sexual, conductas, niños, niñas, adolescentes.
Key words: psychological harm, consequences, frequency, stigmatiza-
tion, victims, sexual abuse, behavior, children, adolescents.
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