Chapter 9

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Support groups are important for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse because they

can try out new behaviors and discuss them with peers

Researchers have found that added physical violence during the rape of children was predictive of ___________ when they reached adulthood

chronic PTSD

The recovery of sexual assault victims is enhanced by:

empathy and acceptance by the person's support system

The behavior of the child abuser may be traced through phases of:

engagement, sexual interaction, secrecy, disclosure, and suppression

The "false memory" concept applied both to work with adults who were abused as children and to perpetrators of abuse has:

much to do with the interviewer, the way particular questions are asked, the context of the setting, and the emotional state of the client

From a feminist standpoint, rape occurs because the perpetrator:

needs to have power and control.

Later in their lives, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse do not usually experience victimization:

on the conscious level.

Regarding the disclosure phase in which the child sexual abuser's molestation is accidentally discovered, sometimes the abuse is disclosed by the child or someone else and intentional disclosure enormously complicates crisis intervention related to the abuse because:

parents or significant others are in denial, refuse to face it, and don't believe the facts

An intrusive but effective method for extinguishing PTSD in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse is______ of the event.

prolonged exposure through flooding and cognitive restructuring

In the immediate aftermath of an assault and rape of an adult, the crisis worker's response to the survivor should be:

providing core facilitative conditions of trust, empathy, and unconditional positive regard

Female date rape survivors in college have been found to be more likely to have experienced:

stress, maltreatment, and negative home environment/neglect during childhood than women who reported no date rape experience

"Grounding" childhood sexual abuse survivors means

they are "in the wind" psychologically and literally need a place to land

Crisis workers should encourage rape victims to change jobs or places of residence to distance themselves from the trauma

False

Enticement and entrapment are no longer used by child molesters in favor of threats and coercion.​

False

Inappropriate and persistent sex play with peers is a good indication that a child has been sexually abused.

False

Rape education programs are effective in preventing rape.

False

Secrecy is the first stage the perpetrator carries out when he or she sexually abuses a child

False

Societal attitudes about rape and sexual assault have long enhanced survivor advocacy.

False

Taking "control over women" is one of the myths of rape.

False

There is abundant evidence indicating that crises resulting from sexual abuse are no different in nature, intensity, and extent than other forms of crisis.

False

The recommended treatment of choice for sexually abused children is:

Gestalt therapy

​Residual effects of sexual assault may have characteristics of:

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Of the following, which is not a myth about rape?

Rape is an expression of power and control.

If you had just been raped and were at the hospital you would want a _______ as a first responder

SANE nurse

Alerting people of the role that alcohol has in date rape is a primary educational goal to combat this problem

True

Child rapists are different than other child molesters in that they typically use threat of harm either to the child or a significant other

True

Date rape survivors are more likely to have experienced sexual abuse and negative home environments during childhood.

True

False memories can be planted through mental health professional who themselves have experienced abuse.

True

Intergenerational transmission of sexual abuse is a sad but true fact.​

True

One of the critical issues in counseling sexually victimized children is teaching them boundaries about sexual behavior.

True

Rape can happen to anyone and rapists come from all segments of society.

True

Rape is used by some men to control women though sexual conquests but they are really afraid of them

True

Research data clearly dispels the notion that most women are raped by strangers.​

True

Some men use rape to "punish" women who have done them "wrong."

True

Therapeutic grounding means putting one's feet on the ground and getting stable again

True

There appear to be at least four major causes of rape. They are: gender inequality, pornography, social disorganization, and legitimatization of violence

True

Anger and grief are emotional by-products in the lives of children who have been sexually abused. Venting of these feelings should be encouraged, particularly when

adults are uncomfortable with such venting and attempt to repress such feelings when children exhibit them.

Suppression of child sexual abuse may be attempted by any of the following except:

advocates for prosecution of abusers

Male sexual offenders may be characterized as:

angry.

The female victim of rape may exhibit many responses, including:

appearing unaffected.

Researchers have found that adult male survivors of child sexual abuse who were abused by men fair no better and report the same or similar symptoms as adult women survivors. In addition, they often:

are homophobic, have body image disturbances, and sexual orientation ambiguity.

Of the following behaviors that will help a crisis worker know whether a child is being sexually abused, which one does not belong? The sexually abused child may:

be sexually shy and appear ignorant of sexual matters

Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse may have:

been hospitalized for a variety of psychological disorders.


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