Table 2.

Summary of themes

Meta-themes	Themes	Description
1. Parents: alerts and search for support	1.1. Before disclosure: what alerted parents and how they sought care for their child	Diverse signs of distress in adolescents identified by parents that led to a consultation with a specialist.
	1.2. During disclosure: emotional reactions including shock, guilt, anger, and empathy	A broad range of emotions felt by parents at the moment of the disclosure.
	1.3. After disclosure: parents seeking individual support and guidance in parenting	Search for support of distressed parents after the disclosure.
2. Between parents and adolescents: a disruption in relationships linked to the disclosure and its legal consequences	2.1. Disturbances in the relationship equilibrium and in parent-child communication	After the disclosure, an important impact on parent-child communication and the dynamics of their relationship.
	2.2. Legal proceedings: relief, doubt, and rejection	Between the mandatory reporting and possibility of legal charges, parents feel supported, but also judged, or even rejected.
3. Disclosure at the family level: possible reactivation of a traumatic past and the search for a new equilibrium	3.1. Reactivation of old family trauma	Memories of sexual abuse in parents or their family revived by the disclosure.
	3.2. Search for a new equilibrium	With time, the reorganization of family functioning.