Eventos de Vida: Investigações sobre a Violência Sexual Contra Crianças e Adolescentes

• Main Authors: Ana Celina Garcia Albornoz, Denise Ruschel Bandeira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Florida 2010-01-01
• Series: Interamerican Journal of Psychology
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28420658011

The article presents a review of recent scientific literature on the subject of life events, and reflects on the emergence of this theme in the literary production of the scientific community today. Special consideration is given to research on sexual violence against children and adolescents, and on its effects on the psychic constitution and personality of young people. The research, carried out via Internet portals and databases, also derives knowledge from books on the subject of deprivation. Numerous sciences are delving into this theme, but medicine, nursing and psychology, in particular, have a higher concentration of studies. Among life events, focused attention is given to stressful events. Several instruments are used to assess the construct, among them, scales, questionnaires, and interviews.