2004
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2004.tb00299.x
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Beyond “Survivor”: How Childhood Sexual Abuse Informs the Identity of Adult Women at the End of the Therapeutic Process

Abstract: A qualitative method was used to explore how adult women experienced their identity after extensive therapy to deal with childhood sexual abuse. Seven women shared their healing journeys and their perceptions of the role of the abuse in their current life and self‐perceptions. Phenomenological analysis of the interview data revealed 5 common themes related to participants' self‐definition and self‐acceptance, sense of visibility and connection to others, current worldview, and residual losses. These findings a… Show more

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“…The study findings indicate that childhood experiences of repeat sexual victimization across two developmental stages-childhood and adolescence-significantly increased trauma-related psychosexual shame reported in adulthood. This finding confirms previous research regarding the detrimental impact of sexual revictimization (Filipas & Ullman, 2006) and substantiates concerns regarding the lasting impact of sexual victimization during childhood and adolescence (Phillips & Daniluk, 2004).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
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“…The study findings indicate that childhood experiences of repeat sexual victimization across two developmental stages-childhood and adolescence-significantly increased trauma-related psychosexual shame reported in adulthood. This finding confirms previous research regarding the detrimental impact of sexual revictimization (Filipas & Ullman, 2006) and substantiates concerns regarding the lasting impact of sexual victimization during childhood and adolescence (Phillips & Daniluk, 2004).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…Survivors of CSA may perceive their self-identity as contaminated, and struggle with feelings of self-loathing and shame (Phillips & Daniluk, 2004). Exposure to ongoing traumatic events (such as multiple incidents of CSA) may hinder survivors' ability to perceive future relationships as supportive or helpful and hamper the development of trust in others (Briere & Runtz, 1993).…”
Section: Enduring Effects Of Sexual Victimization and Revictimizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At the same time, they point out that some elements of their selves remain and give them a sense of continuity. Phillips and Daniluk (2004) have also reported changes in self-definition and self-acceptance in sexually abused women at the end of the treatment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In order to do this, the study of Gómez (2016) integrates the knowledge obtained from previous research on psychotherapy and healing from sexual abuse considering the views of the victims (Banyard & Williams, 2007;Capella et al, 2016;Draucker et al, 2009Draucker et al, , 2011Foster & Hagedorn, 2014;Harvey et al, 2000;Jessiman et al, 2017;Nelson-Gardell, 2001;Phanichrat & Townshend, 2010;Phillips & Daniluk, 2004;Saha, Cheung, & Thorne, 2011) and the theoretical-clinical conceptualizations of psychotherapy in sexual abuse cases (Barudy, 1998;Cantón & Cortés, 2004, Capella & Gutierrez, 2014Gil, 2006;Llanos & Sinclair, 2001;Malacrea, 2000), complemented with the results of research on psychotherapeutic change (Altimir et al, 2010;Echá-varri, et al, 2009;Gonçalves et al, 2009;Krause, 2005;Krause et al, 2006) and psychotherapy with children and adolescents in the general clinical population (Binder, Moltu, Hummelsund, Sagen., & Holgersen, 2011;Bury, Raval, & Lyon, 2007;Carlberg, 1997;Carlberg et al, 2009;Caroll, 2002;Fernández, 2013;Gibson & Cartwright, 2014;Midgley, 2004;Midgley, Target, & Smith, 2006;Stith, Rosen, McCollum, Coleman, & Herman, 1996). From this point of view, Gómez (2016) suggests that psychotherape...…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Es relevante mencionar que el concepto de superación posee algunas similitudes con lo que se ha conceptualizado en la literatura como cambio psicoterapéutico. En ambos marcos conceptuales se releva la existencia del crecimiento, la resignificación de experiencias disruptivas, la existencia de etapas sucesivas en el proceso, con sus indicadores de cambio o resultados, y la presencia de avances y retrocesos dentro del mismo (Draucker et al, 2011;Gonçalves, Matos & Santos, 2009;Krause et al, 2006;Phillips & Daniluk, 2004). Sin embargo, una de sus principales diferencias es que el concepto de cambio psicoterapéutico procede de la investigación en psicoterapia, mientras que el concepto de superación corresponde a la investigación sobre la temática específica de las agresiones sexuales.…”
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