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https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2013.54.469

Gender and age differences in prevalence and incidence of child sexual abuse in Croatia

Marina Ajduković ; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Nika Sušac orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-8257-3472 ; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Miroslav Rajter ; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia


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Aim To examine age and gender differences in the prevalence
and incidence of child sexual abuse, the level of acquaintance
of the child and the perpetrator, and correlations
between experiencing family violence and sexual
abuse on a nationally representative sample of 11, 13, and
16 years old children.
Method A probabilistic stratified cluster sample included
2.62% of the overall population of children aged 11
(n = 1223), 13 (n = 1188), and 16 (n = 1233) from 40 primary
and 29 secondary schools. A modified version of ISPCAN
Child Abuse Screening Tool – Children’s Version was used.
Five items referred to child sexual abuse (CSA) for all age
groups.
Results In Croatia, 10.8% of children experienced some
form of sexual abuse (4.8% to 16.5%, depending on the age
group) during childhood and 7.7% of children experienced
it during the previous year (3.7% to 11.1%, depending on
the age group). Gender comparison showed no difference
in the prevalence of contact sexual abuse, whereas more
girls than boys experienced non-contact sexual abuse.
Correlations between sexual abuse and physical and psychological
abuse in the family were small, but significant.
Conclusion Comparisons with international studies show
that Croatia is a country with a low prevalence of CSA. The
fact that the majority of perpetrators of sexual abuse are
male and female peers indicates the urgent need to address
risks of sexual victimization in the health education
of children.

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Hrčak ID:

117012

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/117012

Datum izdavanja:

15.10.2013.

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