The Crucial Role Of Sexual Abuse In Adolescents

compared to those whom do attend college. It is clear from this that perhaps students need to be educated and be given more resources in order to actively know when they need to prevent uncomfortable situations that may lead to sexual abuse. Other research has shown that adolescents that have grown up without his or her biological parents, whether it be authorized guardians, grandparents, or other family members, are more susceptible to sexual abuse as well. Living arrangements, economic situations, and social situations all play a very crucial role to whether or not an adolescent could potentially be under the threat of an attack or uncomfortable situation. Given how the data and research implies that it could happen to anyone, the challenges
Saying that the victim will be emotionally damaged is a complete understatement and acknowledging that many may need professional help and support could be a step in the right direction. Some behavioral indicators that an adolescent has faced sexual abuse are, but not limited to, advanced knowledge on sexuality at an age prior in which he or she should be made aware of said knowledge, acting out sexually with other children, unwillingness, hesitance, or fearfulness to explain the causes of certain injuries or bruising, and regression or going through the trauma or sexual abuse through one’s head over and over again. Regression can often lead to need of psychological help for the individual. In addition to all of these issues, a victim of sexual abuse may not want to, or try to delay, visiting any professional help because he or she either does not know that they have been a victim of sexual abuse or they are constantly procrastinating the process out of fearing the truth. This is completely justified because it is often difficult to image what the victim may be going through emotionally. One of the measures that can be taken in order to treat these emotional and behavioral issues that one may face following sexual abuse devastation is trauma focused – cognitive behavioral therapy. The primary treatment of choice is to work with victims of trauma including rape and sexual abuse. One needs to be trained in order to do so because adolescents and children whom are subjects of these acts tend to behave differently from adults or are not sure what the correct response to such an event can be. Giving educational information to the adolescent may or may not be different from giving it to an adult. An adult will most likely understand the severity of the crime that was forced upon them and therefore acknowledge it and take preventive measures. Adolescents might try and write it off and not see at as severe as they should. This line of thinking could just lead to