Resilience in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Domhardt, Matthias; Münzer, Annika; Fegert, Jörg M.; Goldbeck, Lutz

doi:10.1177/1524838014557288

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“…Stress has been considered as a risk factor (Thoits, 2010). Self-efficacy, resilience, and social support seeking have been considered as protective factors (Bensimon, 2012;Daniels et al, 2013;Domhardt, Münzer, Fegert, & Goldbeck, 2015;Lee et al, 2013;Sabina & Banyard, 2015). Avoidance has been considered as maladjustment (Eskin et al, 2013).…”

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Between Avoidance and Problem Solving: Resilience, Self‐Efficacy, and Social Support Seeking

Li¹,

Eschenauer²,

Persaud³

2018

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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The authors explored resilience, self‐efficacy, and social support seeking as (a) mediators between stress and problem solving and (b) moderators buffering the effect of stress on avoidance. Participants were 220 college students. Structural equation modeling showed that resilience and self‐efficacy positively influenced problem solving but could not buffer stress's effect on avoidance. Social support seeking played a more important role than resilience and self‐efficacy in reducing avoidance when individuals intentionally used social support seeking as a source for problem solving instead of avoidance.

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Between Avoidance and Problem Solving: Resilience, Self‐Efficacy, and Social Support Seeking

Li¹,

Eschenauer²,

Persaud³

2018

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…Adaptive functioning with regards to mental health is also evident in sexually abused or assaulted children and adolescents (Daigneault et al 2007a;Hébert et al 2014;Domhardt et al 2014), which has prompted research on identifying protective factors associated with resilience or adaptive functioning (Marriott et al 2014;McClure et al 2008;Spaccarelli and Kim 1995).…”

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Mindfulness as Mediator and Moderator of Post-traumatic Symptomatology in Adolescence Following Childhood Sexual Abuse or Assault

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Acknowledgements: The first three authors are members of the "Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux et les agressions sexuelles" (CRIPCAS) and the "Équipe violence sexuelle et santé" (ÉVISSA), both research groups on sexual abuse. This research was supported by a grant from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. We thank school directors, teachers and students for their generous collaboration in this project, as well as research assistants, in particular Erika Bacon, Results reveal that mindfulness acted as a mediator of post-traumatic symptoms, as CSA was associated with lower levels of mindfulness, which in turn were associated with more post-traumatic symptoms. On the other hand, mindfulness only acted as a moderator of CSA for anger and anxiety, but not in the expected direction. Further investigation is needed to shed light on the moderator role of mindfulness in sexually abused youth.Running head: SEXUAL ABUSE OR ASSAULT AND MINDFULNESS 3

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“…16,17,22,30 Through this process, we identified five studies; saturation was reached when no new studies were identified. 49 We conducted a broad Google search on sexual violence and/or resilience and identified organisations locally and internationally that conducted related research.…”

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“…This burgeoning interest has also resulted in a limited number of reviews. 16,17,22 None of these reviews has, however, focused specifically on resilience processes in adolescent girls who have survived CSA. The reviews by Domhardt et al 17 and Marriot et al 16 included men and women of all ages, whilst Lekganya's 22 systematic review focused on studies with adult women.…”

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“…16,17,22 None of these reviews has, however, focused specifically on resilience processes in adolescent girls who have survived CSA. The reviews by Domhardt et al 17 and Marriot et al 16 included men and women of all ages, whilst Lekganya's 22 systematic review focused on studies with adult women. Masten and Wright 23 posit that a developmental perspective is necessary when understanding risk and resilience processes; exposure to risks varies with development, as does the individual's processing of the event.…”

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Resilience processes in sexually abused adolescent girls: A scoping review of the literature

Haffejee¹,

Theron²

2017

S. Afr. J. Sci.

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Childhood sexual abuse is often associated with a number of deleterious psychological and behavioural outcomes for survivors. However, some research suggests that this impact is variable and that some survivors adapt positively. An ability to adapt positively to adversity, under any circumstances, has been termed resilience. Drawing on a socio-ecological understanding of resilience, the aim of this scoping review was to comprehensively map existing empirical studies on resilience processes in sexually abused adolescent girls and to summarise emerging resilience-enabling factors. We also considered the implications of the findings for practice and research. A total of 11 articles met the criteria for inclusion in the review. Findings from these studies suggest that internal factors (meaning making, optimistic future orientation, agency and mastery) and contextual factors (supportive family, social and educational environments) function interdependently to enable resilience in sexually abused adolescent girls. Practitioners should leverage these complementary and interdependent resilience-enabling mechanisms by encouraging greater involvement of girls in the planning of interventions and by assisting girls in developing meaningful narratives about their abuse experiences. Interventions should also encourage greater involvement from supportive structures, while challenging social and cultural norms that inhibit resilience. Resilience researchers should be cognisant of the paucity of research focusing on resilience processes in sexually abused adolescent girls as well as the absence of innovative, participatory methods of data collection. Significance:•The review adds to a body of literature on resilience processes with implications for resilience researchers.• The findings have implications for a range of practitioners (psychologists, social workers, teachers etc.) who work with sexually abused girls.

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Resilience in Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Cited by 206 publications

References 78 publications

Between Avoidance and Problem Solving: Resilience, Self‐Efficacy, and Social Support Seeking

Between Avoidance and Problem Solving: Resilience, Self‐Efficacy, and Social Support Seeking

Mindfulness as Mediator and Moderator of Post-traumatic Symptomatology in Adolescence Following Childhood Sexual Abuse or Assault

Resilience processes in sexually abused adolescent girls: A scoping review of the literature

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