Sexually Abused Children

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This paper examines how child sexual assault is a wide spread problem in today's society that presents a severe risk to the victim's mental health, both during childhood and into adulthood. It shows how for many sexually abused children, the effects continue long after the abuse has ended. It analyzes the variety of personality characteristics of sexually abused children as the result of experiencing fear, such as hostility, guilt, shame, depression, low self-esteem, poor self-image, physical and sleep complaints and sexual behavior disturbances and looks at how child sexual abuse can have a major negative impact on a child's personality development, social development, psychosexual development and school functioning. It can lead to the development of chronic life adjustment problems, personality disorders and psychopathology.

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"The psychodynamic theory emphasizes the importance of internal mental processes in the way in which relationships unfold. Sigmund Freud's work forms the center of psychodynamic thought, arguing that children mentally adapt their instinctive drives to the demands and requirements of their social circumstances. Ultimately, they develop personality traits that often last throughout their lives and influence their relationships with others. Freud's belief was that the dominant human instinctual drive was libidinal or sexual."

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