Sexual abuse of children in families

Child sexual abuse is usually connected with any form of sexual behaviour between an adult and a child who are members of the same family (the incest). The social concern of this serious problem is growing all the time. But while older research reported very low figures for child sexual abuse, more rocent studies have revealed a much higher incidence (even up to 20% of the population). Symptoms characteristic for child sexual abuse were divided into three groups: pphysical, emotional and behavioral. Recently, psychologists dealing with the problem found also some patterns of family relations which are common in incestogenic families.Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/201