Abstracts
Résumé
L’agression sexuelle (AS) à l’enfance est associée à plusieurs conséquences, telles que des problèmes de comportement extériorisés et intériorisés. En plus de l’environnement social et familial, l’environnement scolaire est susceptible d’influencer le développement de l’enfant (Pérez-González et al., 2017). Peu d’études ont exploré l’impact du fonctionnement en milieu scolaire sur l’adaptation des enfants victimes. Cette étude vise à explorer la contribution du fonctionnement scolaire à la prédiction de problèmes de comportement évalués six mois plus tard chez des enfants victimes d’AS. L’échantillon comprend 152 enfants victimes d’AS âgé.es de 6 à 12 ans (M = 9,09; ÉT = 2,01) recruté.es dans différents centres spécialisés en AS, leur parent non-agresseur et leur enseignant.e. L’enfant et l’enseignant.e ont rempli des questionnaires au premier temps de mesure (T1) mesurant le fonctionnement adaptatif, la victimisation par les pairs, les compétences sociales, les stratégies d’adaptation et les attributions hostiles de l’enfant. Six mois plus tard (T2), le parent et l’enseignant.e ont complété des mesures de problèmes de comportement intériorisés et extériorisés de l’enfant. Les analyses de régressions hiérarchiques révèlent qu’un score élevé de fonctionnement adaptatif au T1 est associé à moins de problèmes de comportement extériorisés et intériorisés rapportés par l’enseignant.e au T2. Par ailleurs, un score élevé de contrôle de soi au T1 est lié à moins de comportements extériorisés évalués par le parent et l’enseignant.e au T2. Ces résultats soulignent l’importance d’évaluer différentes variables du fonctionnement scolaire des enfants victimes d’AS, puisqu’elles contribuent à prédire l’adaptation des enfants à court terme.
Mots-clés :
- agression sexuelle à l’enfance,
- adaptation scolaire,
- problèmes de comportement extériorisés,
- problèmes de comportement intériorisés,
- devis longitudinal
Abstract
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with several consequences, such as externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems. In addition to the social and familial environment, the school environment is likely to influence the development of the child (Pérez-González et al., 2017). Few studies have explored the impact of school functioning on child victims’ adaptation. This study aims to explore the contribution of school functioning to behavioral problems evaluated six months later in child victims of sexual abuse. The sample includes 152 child victims of sexual abuse aged 6 to 12 years (M = 9.09; SD = 2.01) recruited from various specialized sexual abuse centers, along with their non-offending parent and teacher. At the first measurement time (T1), both the child and teacher completed questionnaires assessing child’s adaptive functioning, peer victimization, social skills, coping strategies, and hostile attributions. Six months later (T2), the parent and teacher completed measures of the child’s internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that over and above individual factors, a high score on adaptive functioning at T1 is associated with fewer externalizing and internalizing behavior problems reported by the teacher at T2. Furthermore, a high score on self-control at T1 is linked to fewer externalizing behaviors as evaluated by the parent and teacher at T2. These results underscore the importance of assessing different variables of school functioning in CSA victims, as they contribute to predicting short-term child adaptation.
Keywords:
- child sexual abuse,
- school adaptation,
- externalizing behavior problems,
- internalizing behavior problems,
- longitudinal design
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