Coping skills of ritual abuse survivors: An exploratory study

1995 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Juhasz
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Ritual Abuse

Malignant trauma and the invisibility of ritual abuse

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-30
Author(s):  
Michael Salter
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Ritual Abuse ◽  
The Core ◽  
Interview Research ◽  
Moral Frameworks ◽  
Provision Of Care ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theories

This article draws on psychoanalytic theories of malignant trauma to explain the invisibility of ritual abuse. Ritual abuse refers to the misuse of rituals in the organised sexual abuse of children. Despite expanded recognition of the varieties of child maltreatment, ritual abuse remains largely invisible outside the trauma and dissociation field as a specific form of sexual exploitation. Presenting qualitative data from interview research with ritual abuse survivors and mental health specialists, this article argues that the trauma of ritual abuse and its invisibility are co-constitutive. The perpetration and denial of ritual abuse occur within a relational matrix of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders structured by the presymbolic dread of vulnerability and dependency. The simultaneity of perpetration and disavowal creates the conditions for the malignancy of ritual abuse, including the invisibility of victims and the intergenerational transmission of extreme abuse. The article examines how the provision of care to ritual abuse survivors can become contingent on its erasure, and reflects on the role of therapists and others in interrupting the metastases of malignant trauma and crafting cultural and moral frameworks to transform the dread at the core of ritual abuse.

scholarly journals Vigilant care: constructive dialogues and relational responsibility in violent contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-223
Author(s):  
Marlene Magnobosco Marra
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Mothers And Daughters ◽  
Sexual Abuse Survivors ◽  
Group Of Seven ◽  
Action Group ◽  
Relational Responsibility

This is a qualitative exploratory study by the “Assistance and Vigilance Research Program on Violence”, focusing on a group of seven sexual abuse survivors and their mothers. The study’s objective is to develop a caretaker protocol for Parent Vigilant Care. Observers register protocol sessions by themes evolving within the action group. The information is organized into categories: 1) Hidden pain, 2) Caring is protecting, and 3) Breaking through isolation. Observation and conclusions focus on the following: 1) The disconnect revealed by mothers and daughters on the role of mothers in their daughters’ lives, 2) The potential for recovery of affective relationships, 3) Respect development for a horizontal or equalization of power, 4) The return or rescue of a mother’s competency and authority.

An Exploratory Study of the Sibships of Blind Children

1977 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-107
Author(s):  
Molly B. Lavine
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Sibling Relationships ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Blind Child ◽  
Family Expectations ◽  
Blind Children ◽  
General Coping

The development of the sibling relationships among five preschool white blind children and sighted sibs was explored. Recorded and coded observations gathered over the first four years of life suggest that 1) the sibship development of blind children is the same as sighted children; 2) the sibship offers an opportunity for the blind child to develop not only general coping skills, but behaviors that help him adapt to his blindness; and 3) family expectations that may be played out in sibship interactions impact on blind children's readiness for school.

An Exploratory Study of Personality Traits and Psychological Coping Skills on Archery Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 630
Author(s):  
Rabiu Muazu Musa ◽  
Mohamad Razali Abdullah ◽  
Hafizan Juahir ◽  
Vijayamurugan Eswaramoorthi ◽  
Norzulaika Alias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Psychological Coping

An Exploratory Study of Domains of Parenting Concern among Mothers Who Are Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 885-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Jane Allbaugh ◽  
Margaret O’Dougherty Wright ◽  
Larissa Atkins Seltmann
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Sexual Abuse Survivors

Classifying Disfluencies in Preschool- and School-Age Spanish–English Bilinguals Who Do Not Stutter: An Exploratory Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-130
Author(s):  
Raúl Rojas ◽  
Farzan Irani
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Total Percentage ◽  
Narrative Production ◽  
Language Measures ◽  
Mean Length Of Utterance

Purpose This exploratory study examined the language skills and the type and frequency of disfluencies in the spoken narrative production of Spanish–English bilingual children who do not stutter. Method A cross-sectional sample of 29 bilingual students (16 boys and 13 girls) enrolled in grades prekindergarten through Grade 4 produced a total of 58 narrative retell language samples in English and Spanish. Key outcome measures in each language included the percentage of normal (%ND) and stuttering-like (%SLD) disfluencies, percentage of words in mazes (%MzWds), number of total words, number of different words, and mean length of utterance in words. Results Cross-linguistic, pairwise comparisons revealed significant differences with medium effect sizes for %ND and %MzWds (both lower for English) as well as for number of different words (lower for Spanish). On average, the total percentage of mazed words was higher than 10% in both languages, a pattern driven primarily by %ND; %SLDs were below 1% in both languages. Multiple linear regression models for %ND and %SLD in each language indicated that %MzWds was the primary predictor across languages beyond other language measures and demographic variables. Conclusions The findings extend the evidence base with regard to the frequency and type of disfluencies that can be expected in bilingual children who do not stutter in grades prekindergarten to Grade 4. The data indicate that %MzWds and %ND can similarly index the normal disfluencies of bilingual children during narrative production. The potential clinical implications of the findings from this study are discussed.

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