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Article: Long-term impact of child sexual abuse
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- New Straits Times
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- September 19, 2004
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New Straits Times
09-19-2004
Long-term impact of child sexual abuse
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CHILD sexual abuse occurs more frequently in children from socially deprived and disorganised family backgrounds.
This is based on research by Professor Paul E. Mullen and Dr Jillian Fleming on the long term effects of child sexual abuse, and presented to the National Child Protection Clearinghouse, which has been operating from the Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, since 1995.
Marital dysfunction, such as parental separation and domestic violence, is also associated with higher risks of abuse.
There are also increased risks of abuse with a stepfather in the family, and when family breakdown ...