Child sexual abuse and family relations.

In this study we examine the effect of sharing the trauma narrative with parents on treatment outcome, child adjustment, the parent-child relationship and parenting skills as compared to sharing the trauma narrative with the therapist. We hypothesize that sharing the trauma narrative will improve the parent-child relationship and thereby reduce child symptomatology. This study is a multicenter randomized controlled trial with measurements before, during and after treatment with a follow-up of 6 months.

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pre-treatment (T1): One week before the program starts;

during treatment (T2): one week after sharing the trauma narrative with the therapist or parent(s)

post-treatment (T3): One week after treatment

follow-up (T4): Six months after treatment

Intervention:

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) based intervention for child sexual abuse, in the Netherlands registered as ‘Horizonmethodiek voor kinderen die seksueel misbruik hebben meegemaakt’, extended version with sharing the trauma narrative with parents.



Control Intervention:

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) based intervention for child sexual abuse, in the Netherlands registered as ‘Horizonmethodiek voor kinderen die seksueel misbruik hebben meegemaakt’.