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      Indicadores Psicológicos e Comportamentais na Perícia do Abuso Sexual Infantil Translated title: Psychological and Behavioral Indicators in the Forensic Assessment of Child Sexual Abuse Translated title: Indicadores Psicológicos y Conductuales en la Pericia del Abuso Sexual Infantil

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          Resumo Este estudo avaliou a capacidade discriminante de indicadores psicológicos e comportamentais frequentemente associados ao abuso sexual infantil. A amostra foi constituída por 79 crianças, de ambos os sexos, sendo 63,3% do sexo feminino (n = 50), com idades entre oito e 12 anos (M = 9,92; DP = 1,45). Os participantes foram distribuídos em três grupos: Abuso sexual (n = 34), Maus-tratos sem histórico de abuso sexual (n = 14) e Sintomas clínicos sem histórico de maus-tratos (n = 31). Foram administrados instrumentos com os responsáveis e com as crianças. Para identificar os fatores que diferenciavam os grupos, foi realizada a Análise de regressão logística multinominal. A variável Preocupações sexuais foi significativa para diferenciar o grupo Abuso sexual dos outros dois grupos. O modelo apresentou capacidade preditiva geral de classificar corretamente 69,6% dos casos. Sugere-se que a investigação dessa variável seja incluída, entre outros indicadores, nos procedimentos periciais de crianças com suspeita de abuso sexual. Com base nos resultados obtidos, fica evidente que é necessário cautela no estabelecimento de associações causais entre manifestações comportamentais ou psicológicas e a hipótese de abuso sexual em crianças.

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          Abstract This study evaluated the discriminative ability of behavioral and psychological indicators often associated with child sexual abuse. The sample consisted of 79 children of both genders, 63.3% being female (n = 50), aged between 8 and 12 years (M = 9.92, SD = 1.45). Participants were assigned to three groups: Sexual abuse (n = 34), Maltreatment with no history of sexual abuse (n = 14) and Clinical symptoms with no history of abuse or other traumatic events (n = 31). Assessment measures were administered with the legal guardians and with the children. A multinomial logistic regression analysis was conducted aiming to identify factors for differentiation of the groups. The TSCC Sexual concerns variable emerged as significant in differentiating the Sexual abuse group from both the Maltreatment and Clinical symptoms groups. The model showed overall predictive ability to accurately classify 69.6% of the cases. The investigation of this variable should be included, among other indicators, in forensic procedures for children with suspected sexual abuse. Based on the results, it becomes clear that caution is required in establishing causal relationships between behavioral or psychological manifestations and the hypothesis of child sexual abuse.

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          Resumen Este estudio evaluó la capacidad discriminante de indicadores psicológicos y conductuales frecuentemente asociados al abuso sexual infantil. La muestra fue constituida por 79 niños, de ambos sexos, siendo 63,3% do sexo femenino (n = 50), com edades entre ocho y 12 años (M = 9,92; DE = 1,45). Los participantes fueron distribuidos en tres grupos: Abuso sexual (n = 34), Malos tratos sin antecedentes de abuso sexual (n = 14) y Sintomas clínicos sin antecedentes de maltrato (n = 31). Se han administrados instrumentos con los responsables y los niños. Para identificar los factores que diferenciaban a los grupos, se realizó el Análisis de regresión logística multinominal. La variable Preocupaciones sexuales apareció como significativa para diferenciar el grupo Abuso sexual de los otros dos grupos. El modelo presentó la capacidad preditiva general de clasificar correctamente 69,6% de los casos. Se sugerie la inclusión de esta variable, entre otros indicadores, en la evaluación del abuso sexual infantil. En base a los resultados obtenidos, es evidente que es necesario cautela en el establecimiento de asociaciones causales entre manifestaciones comportamentales o psicológicas y la hipótesis de abuso sexual infantil.

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              Development and validation of the Child Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory (CPTCI).

              Negative trauma-related cognitions have been found to be a significant factor in the maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults. Initial studies of such appraisals in trauma-exposed children and adolescents suggest that this is an important line of research in youth, yet empirically validated measures for use with younger populations are lacking. A measure of negative trauma-related cognitions for use with children and adolescents, the Child Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory (CPTCI), is presented. The measure was devised as an age-appropriate version of the adult Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory (Foa et al., 1999). The CPTCI was developed and validated within a large (n = 570) sample, comprising community and trauma-exposed samples of children and adolescents aged 6-18 years. Principal components analysis suggested a two-component structure. These components were labelled 'permanent and disturbing change' and 'fragile person in a scary world', and were each found to possess good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, and discriminative validity. The reliability and validity of these sub-scales was present regardless of whether the measure was completed in the acute phase or several months after a trauma. Scores on these sub-scales did not vary with age. The CPTCI is a reliable and valid measure that is not specific to the type of trauma exposure, and shows considerable promise as a research and clinical tool. The structure of this measure suggests that appraisals concerning the more abstract consequences of a trauma, as well as physical threat and vulnerability, are pertinent factors in trauma-exposed children and adolescents, even prepubescent children.
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                Journal
                tpsy
                Trends in Psychology
                Trends Psychol.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia (Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil )
                2358-1883
                September 2018
                : 26
                : 3
                : 1467-1482
                Affiliations
                [1] Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul orgnamePontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
                [3] Porto Alegre orgnameCentro Universitário Ritter dos Reis Brazil
                [2] Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
                [4] Dijon Franche-Comté orgnameUniversité de Franche-Comté France
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                S2358-18832018000301467
                10.9788/tp2018.3-12pt
                a8d19ce3-740e-4000-862f-47d9d2155876

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 12 July 2017
                : 26 August 2017
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                psychic symptoms,Child sexual abuse,sintomas psíquicos,sintomas comportamentais,Abuso sexual na infância,síntomas psíquicos,síntomas conductuales,Abuso sexual infantil,behavioral symptoms

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