Victims/Survivors’ Perceptions of Helpful Institutional Responses to Incidents of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse

Blunden, Hazel; Giuntoli, Gianfranco; Newton, BJ; Katz, Ilan

doi:10.1080/10538712.2020.1801932

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“…CSA survivors have identified educators as taking on numerous roles, ranging vastly from the person who committed the CSA, to a bystander, supporter, or that of a savior [29,30]. Similarly, educators have been found to play crucial, although complex, roles in CSA prevention, detection, intervention, and coping [5,[30][31][32].…”

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“Pay Attention! Pay Attention! Pay Attention!!!”: The Pivotal Role of Educators and the Educational System as Experienced by Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Sigad,

Tener,

Lusky-Weisrose

et al. 2024

Behavioral Sciences

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Educational institutions and educators are significant in children’s lives, and they have a crucial role in implementing policies, practices, and sexual education to enhance children’s safety. Such policies and practices should be based on the voices of CSA survivors. This study explored child sexual abuse (CSA) survivors’ viewpoints on their past experiences with educators and the educational system. A qualitative thematic approach was used to analyze 61 written testimonies collected in 2020–2021 by the Israeli Independent Public Inquiry on CSA. Two interrelated themes arose: 1) CSA survivors’ retrospective perspectives of educators and the educational system’s responses to signs of their CSA, described as ranging from abusive to life-saving. Specifically, they shared three types of responses: a) harmful and hurtful; b) dismissive and ignoring; and c) accepting and attending. 2) The second theme described the survivors’ messages to educators to promote constructive change. The survivors conveyed expectations that educators should play a central role in CSA prevention, detection, and intervention and, specifically, the need for educators to receive professional training, provide beneficial sexual education, and identify and respond to CSA. The findings promoted moving beyond individual-level interventions to focus on improving educational institutional and organizational cultures related to CSA in both national and international contexts.

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Section: Responses Of Educators To Csa Survivors' Help-seeking Behaviorsmentioning

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“Pay Attention! Pay Attention! Pay Attention!!!”: The Pivotal Role of Educators and the Educational System as Experienced by Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

Sigad,

Tener,

Lusky-Weisrose

et al. 2024

Behavioral Sciences

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“…It is well established in the literature that the intensity and nature of the effects of child sexual abuse (CSA) varies greatly amongst child and adult survivors as they move through their life course (Fergusson, et al, 2013). Evidence drawn from a meta-analysis of population-based studies of survivors undertaken by Lindert, et al (2014) found both memories and follow-on effects such as re-triggering of trauma associated with memories of the abuse, may occur at any stage in the individual's life course (Alaggia et al, 2019;Anderson & Hiersteiner, 2008;Blunden et al, 2021;Commonwealth of Australia, 2017). Early research on survivors of clergy perpetrated CSA (Fogler et al, 2008) suggests that important developmental tasks, particularly in early adolescence, can be significantly compromised due to CSA, altering the trajectory of the survivors' life course in terms of relationships, spiritual and social development.…”

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“…The role of compensation in survivors healing is not well researched. Some research suggests both negative and positive impacts associated with compensation, however, there is an overall assumption it may improve survivor well-being (Blunden, et al, 2021). An outcome of the RCIRCSA (2017) was the suggestion that compensation by institutions could have a positive impact on survivor healing, however, the process to seek financial payment through redress, compensation, or civil action can add to the survivor’s trauma in many cases.…”

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The Impact of Critical Life Points and Events for Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse: Understanding Trauma and the Role of Compensation in Recovery

Briggs

O’Leary

Grove

2022

J Interpers Violence

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Although the impact of child sexual abuse (CSA) is well documented in the international literature, little is known about the critical points of recovery across the life course for survivors of institutional CSA. The aim of this study was to identify critical points, or events across the life course that may increase, or decrease, a survivor’s vulnerability to the complex traumatization of institutional CSA (ICSA). The sample consisted of two hundred and forty-eight witness statements extracted from the 56 publicly available case studies presented to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse during 2013–2016 (Commonwealth of Australia, 2017). A content analysis and thematic coding of the statements identified seven main themes in the witness statements (Gender, Organization, Triggers, Trauma, Mental Health, Intervention and Compensation), that appeared to be critical events across the life course. The themes were transformed into variables for further analysis using SPSS. Significant Likelihood Ratios were found between associations with the organization where the abuse occurred and between triggers and breastfeeding/sensory, breast feeding/childcare, emotional and physical distress, and mental health ( p < 0.01). Significant associations were also found between receiving compensation for the CSA and triggers, trauma, breast feeding-sensory and childcare ( p < 0.05) and gender and breast feeding ( p < 0.05). Overall, the findings showed that triggers can be random across the life course occurring mainly through indirect association, or in situations that evoke memories of the CSA, and that receiving compensation can assist survivors in their recovery journey. The findings also indicate the need for health care professionals to be aware of the critical points in a CSA survivor’s recovery and how triggers may impact on their mental welling throughout the life course.

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Waiting for redress: Child sexual abuse survivors' experiences of Australia's National Redress Scheme

Cortis

Katz

2022

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Victims/Survivors’ Perceptions of Helpful Institutional Responses to Incidents of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

“Pay Attention! Pay Attention! Pay Attention!!!”: The Pivotal Role of Educators and the Educational System as Experienced by Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

“Pay Attention! Pay Attention! Pay Attention!!!”: The Pivotal Role of Educators and the Educational System as Experienced by Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

The Impact of Critical Life Points and Events for Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse: Understanding Trauma and the Role of Compensation in Recovery

Waiting for redress: Child sexual abuse survivors' experiences of Australia's National Redress Scheme

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