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Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare 2017
September 11-12, 2017 Los Angeles, CA, USA
14th World Pediatrics &
Neonatal Healthcare Conference
Journal of Pediatric Health Care and Medicine Volume 1, Issue 1
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Somatization and PTSD in child sexual abuse
Seung Min Bae
Gachon University Gil Medical Center, South Korea
Purpose: Somatization is a major post-traumatic symptom in the sexually abused children. The aims of this study
were 1) to find the relation between somatizations and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in child
sexually abused victims and 2) to elucidate whether type of abuse have effect on somatization.
Methods: Sixty-three victims were evaluated of their somatizations (Child behavioral checklist), PTSD symptoms
(trauma symptom checklist for children, TSCC), and level of intelligence. The correlation and regression analyses
were calculated to predict somatization based on the PTSD symptom, intelligence score, age, and the type of
sexual abuse.
Results: The result showed that factors associated with somatization in the sexual abuse victims were PTSD
symptoms (B=0.356, p=0.001) and intelligence (B=0.179, p=0.019). The type of abuse by itself did not correlate
somatization (B=3.027, p=0.310), but had moderating effect of PTSD symptoms on somatization (Type of abuse
PTSD symptoms, B=-.489, p=0.036). PTSD symptoms were associated with somatization only in victims with
the molestation type of abuse.
Conclusions: Somatization of the sexually abused victims was influenced by the severity of PTSD symptoms
and intelligence. The effect of the PTSD symptoms on somatization was mediated by the type of abuse. The rape
type of abuse might be a powerful predisposing factor which attenuates the effect of post-traumatic symptoms
on somatization.
Biography
Seung Min Bae completed a Psychiatric Training and Child Psychiatry Fellowship at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital. Since 2009, she has been a Psychiatric
Assistant Professor at Gachon University and Director of Incheon Sunflower Center for Sexually Abused Children and is currently the Head of the Support
Center for victims of crime in the ministry of justice. She is a non-standing Director of the Korea Women’s Development Agency under the Ministry of Gender
Equality and Family.