Childhood Sexual Dysfunction

Childhood sexual abuse can have effects on victims long after childhood. There are studies and statistics that show the various ways in which individuals are affected as well as how much of an impact it has on various aspects of life. These various aspects consist of things like, how the individual perceives the event and themselves because of it, which peripheral causes should be considered as well as the individual circumstance and its impact. The impact of CSA on romantic relationships into adulthood is something that deserves consideration. Everyone deserves the chance to have a satisfying relationship in their life if they so choose to. For victims of childhood sexual abuse, it is often more challenging for them to do so, with little to

In the study, participant’s relevant information was collected with use of a survey as well as an experiment to measure their physical reaction when they were exposed to arousing material. These methods identified the individual’s severity of their CSA experience(s), their level of sexual function, and their tendency to use approach or avoidance methods when dealing with it (Staples et al., 2011). The goal of this study is to show correlation between CSA severity and sexual dysfunction. The researchers do this by showing correlations between the magnitude of CSA experience and the victim’s tendency to approach or avoid interpersonal relationships after. Finally, the relationship of these tendencies and the individual’s interpersonal relationships/sexual function were evaluated (Staples et al.,

Researchers Walker et al. (2009) include other childhood factors that influence each other as well as a variety of adult behavior outcomes and how they influence each other to mediate the direct relationship of CSA and a specific adult behavior. When these mediators were included in the study, it gives data that suggests a fairly weak, direct negative correlation between CSA and adult relationship quality. According to Walker et al. one of the important findings of this study is that the perception of the individual’s childhood experiences is one of the most significant indicators on their adult relationship quality. So, while the relationship of CSA and adult relationship quality was weak, one could see contributors to that negative correlation (Walker et al., 2009).

Given these results one can see this it is possible that these mediating factors could be of importance when evaluating the relationship between CSA and adult relationship quality as well as adult behavior in general. Moreover, with these mediators in place, the results show that the perception of the individual’s CSA experience(s) is of importance as well. Both things seem to deserve some consideration while analyzing as well as conducting related