FAMILY ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTICS THAT LEAD TO THE SEXUAL ABUSE

  • social isolation from siblings and friends
  • parental unavailability
  • parental absence
  • maternal employment
  • having an emotionally distressed parent
  • having a physically distressed/disabled parent
  • presence of a stepfather during childhood
  • poor marital relationship between parents
  • growing up in an authouritarian family structure with conservative values