This work refers to a qualitative search that aimed to identify risk and protective factors in cases of the sexual abuse in the adolescence. We interviewed two teenager girls victims of sexual abuse who were in treatment at Centro de Referência Especializado da Assistência Social (CREAS) from a country city of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil. The Interview's data were analyzed through the Content Analysis (Bardin, 1977). Relating to the search results, we observed a greater presence of risk factors than protection factors in the teenagers present moment of their life, which deserves a special attention by the services that meet these cases. It is suggested future research related to the studies about resilience and positive aspects of human life, on victims of sexual abuse, since they can strengthen the victims' healthy aspects, helping them to rebuild their lives.
Sexual abuse; risk factors; protective factors
