Parental practices exercised in the childhood of authors of sexual assault

Abstract

This study aimed to identify positive and negative parenting practices carried out in childhood based on the reports of perpetrators of sexual assault. Therefore, we used a database consisting of 20 interviews with these individuals, whose textual content was submitted to exploratory reading, organization of a system of categories and subsequent evaluation by judges. From the Kappa value, it was verified of the presence of at least three categories to analyse the interviewees' reports, two negative and one positive. Positive follow-up was associated with school and leisure time, which emphasizes the concern of parents for the education of their children and their well-being, even though the use of physical and psychological punishments has been reported in the process of guidance and supervision. Negligence was present in the report of authors of sexual assault researched, associating this practice with the experience of being left alone at home.