Title: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESSES OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY A FAMILY MEMBER

Authors: OZOWA LATEM Josué, SUANA SITA Anaclette and BILOLO NTUMBA Jules

Abstract: This qualitative study concerns two adolescent girls raped by a family member. Clinical interviews accompanied by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) and the Warwick Mental Well-Being Scale revealed that these subjects are in a state of very high psychological distress, generating a precarious state of mental ill-being due to apprehension about the relationship surrounding the perpetrator’s identity and the occult effects accompanying this type of sexual violence from an ethno-psychopathological perspective. As a result, they develop negative feelings such as sadness, embarrassment or shame, guilt, etc.

Keywords: Psychological distress, adolescent, sexual violence, family.

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