Characteristics and precipitant factors associated with sexual abuse

A documentary review about investigations published between 1995and the year 2005 was made, oriented to measuring characteristicsof sexual abuse taking the following categories as reference: familiar factors, social and demographic factors, characteristics of the sexual abuse, behaviour of the parents and history of the mothers. A sample of 8,187 people of different ages was analyzed in 16 studies. There was an increase in the number of publications in the last three years (37%), fi nding the United States as the country where more publications are realized related to the included variables (69%). The average age of the sexual abuse was 7.9 for a minimal value of 4.9 and maximum of 11.5; the duration in years was 4.28 and the percentage of abuse was between 10.4% and 29.4% withan average of 20.14% in investigations made in population studies.In relation to the perpetrator-victim tie, it was found that 62.16 % of the cases the perpetrator was a family member; of these, 30.27%was the biological father. It is concluded that sexual abuse is nota problem that obeys to only one cause nor possesses only onecharacteristic. The variables that were more associated with sexualabuse were: 1. Chaotic familiar structure; where difficulties appear in the interpersonal relations, 2. Presence of violent or marital conflict, 3. Behaviours of the parents inclined towards alcohol or drug abuse, and in minor presence, 4. History of sexual abuse in the mothers of victims of abuse. Signifi cant affi liations were not in the social and demographic variables as socio-economic level, educational level of the parents, type of house or the presence of unemployment of any of the parents

Desde el nacimiento de la Neuropsicología

La Neuropsicología ha tenido un desarrollo paralelo con los acontecimientos históricos que han marcado los avances en el mundo. Es considerada una ciencia con un fundamento objetivo que procura encontrar conocimiento por medio de la aplicación de metodologías rigurosas de análisis de información y control de variables medibles y demostrables, las cuales tienen como fin la construcción de estructuras teóricas. Bajo esta premisa, se desarrollan postulados que tienen sus orígenes en épocas remotas cuando el conocimiento sobre el “Hombre” era el objeto principal de análisis

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La Neuropsicología ha tenido un desarrollo paralelo con los acontecimientos históricos que han marcado los avances en el mundoLa Neuropsicología ha tenido un desarrollo paralelo con los acontecimientos históricos que han marcado los avances en el mund

From the birth of neuropsychology to the work of A. R. Luria

La NeuropsicologÍa ha tenido un desarrollo paralelo con los acontecimientos históricos que han marcado los avances en el mundo. Es considerada una ciencia con un fundamento objetivo que procura encontrar conocimiento por medio de la aplicación de metodologías rigurosas de análisis de información y control de variables medibles y demostrables, las cuales tienen como fin la construcción de estructuras teóricas. Bajo esta premisa, se desarrollan postulados que tienen sus orígenes en épocas remotas cuando el conocimiento sobre el “Hombre” era el objeto principal de análisis.Neuropsychology has had a parallel development with the historical events that have marked the advances in the world. It is considered a science with an objective foundation that seeks to find knowledge through the application of rigorous methodologies for the analysis of information and control of measurable and demonstrable variables, which aim to build theoretical structures. Under this premise, postulates are developed that have their origins in remote times when knowledge about "Man" was the main object of analysis