Psychological Impact Of Sexual Abuse In Minors: A Systematic Review

Abstract

This article is a systematic review about child sexual abuse, during the last decade, it has been increasing year after year having an impact on socio-emotional and cognitive development; however, a decrease in reported cases was observed, due to the state of health alert decreed worldwide by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the studies that record the impact of this problem do not go at that rate of growth, even more there are few updated longitudinal studies that reveal this impact. Objective. Carry out a review of articles between 2016 and 2022 related to the impact of child sexual abuse on children under 18 years of age.  Method. The prism format was used and the database was used as SCOPUS, SCIELO and WEB OF SCIENCE. Results. 11 articles were admitted, whose authors indicate that those people who suffered this type of abuse suffered or are suffering an alteration in their biological, psychological and social development, being sociodemographic factors protective or risk agents for incidence as for recovery. Conclusions. At present there is a deficit of updated studies on the impact of sexual abuse on children under 18 years of age, being a need to train health professionals, educators, among others for detection and recuperative intervention for this age group.