ABUSO SEXUAL INFANTIL: UN ESTUDIO LONGITUDINAL

Abstract

According to the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare -ICBF(2018), in Colombia, child sexual abuse (ASI) is a phenomenon that has increased, leaving physical and psychological consequences in the short, medium and long term in the victim, which could be abused by another member of the family or by a stranger. In this context, this study, carried out in the Family Center of the University Corporation of the Caribbean CECAR, with a sexually abused adolescent, who is currently of legal age who informed his consent for this research. The collection of information was obtained through psychological therapeutic consultations of a psychodynamic nature, using a qualitative longitudinal type of methodology. Within the results, were found some emotional, affective and behavioral characteristics that were analyzed for a later intervention in which was worked: guilt, secrecy, and psychological incest. Although the case was attended to in a proper timing, in the course of the therapy some long-term psychological and behavioral consequences were observed; therefore, it can be said that child sexual abuse is a behavior exercised against the victim, leaving them irreparably dry, according to how the events occurred and the relationship with the abuser.