Tipos e consequências da violência sexual sofrida por estudantes do interior paulista na infância e/ou adolescência

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the types of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) occurred in childhood and/or adolescence and their consequences in a sample of 236 high school students of both sexes living in the countryside of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, who declared to have suffered oneor more types of CSA. We observed that among the 234 adolescents with report of SV, 39 (16.5%) declared to have attempted suicide, being 35 (89.7%) of them auto declared heterosexual (27 [77.1%] female) and 4 (19.0%) non-heterosexual (3 bisexuals and 1 "other"; all female). Most ofthe victims reported the event to their friends and adults in charge, but little (or nothing) was done in terms of protective measures to them.