TY - JOUR
T1 - Child sexual abuse in Asian American families
T2 - An examination of cultural factors that influence prevalence, identification, and treatment
AU - Futa, Kristine Toshiko
AU - Hsu, Eugenia
AU - Hansen, David J.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Child sexual abuse affects thousands of families each year. Issues pertaining to the prevalence, identification, and treatment of sexual abuse have been relatively well explored in the literature as they pertain to the dominant European American culture. These issues, however, are still relatively unexplored in terms of how sexual abuse affects Asian American families and the Asian American community. We review the relevant literature in Asian American families. These matters are explored in the context of Asian American values such as collectivity, conformity, inconspicuousness, middle position virtue, shame, self-control, and fatalism. Attitudes toward family, sexuality, and the mental health system are also discussed. Cultural and institutional barriers to underutilizing mental health services are also explored, and suggestions for overcoming these barriers are offered.
AB - Child sexual abuse affects thousands of families each year. Issues pertaining to the prevalence, identification, and treatment of sexual abuse have been relatively well explored in the literature as they pertain to the dominant European American culture. These issues, however, are still relatively unexplored in terms of how sexual abuse affects Asian American families and the Asian American community. We review the relevant literature in Asian American families. These matters are explored in the context of Asian American values such as collectivity, conformity, inconspicuousness, middle position virtue, shame, self-control, and fatalism. Attitudes toward family, sexuality, and the mental health system are also discussed. Cultural and institutional barriers to underutilizing mental health services are also explored, and suggestions for overcoming these barriers are offered.
KW - Asian Americans
KW - Child sexual abuse
KW - Cultural factors
KW - Treatment barriers
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U2 - 10.1093/clipsy.8.2.189
DO - 10.1093/clipsy.8.2.189
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0006190230
VL - 8
SP - 189
EP - 209
JO - Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
JF - Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
SN - 0969-5893
IS - 2
ER -