Adapting Life-Review Therapy for Elderly Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

1996 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Memory Retrieval ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Life Review ◽  
Retrieval Process ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Life Review Therapy ◽  
Rural Appalachia

The author describes the use of life-review therapy in the resolution of childhood sexual abuse with older women through four case illustrations of older women in rural Appalachia. Therapists must take great care to preserve functional defense mechanisms for the survivor, utilize nonverbal techniques to process intense feelings and assist in the memory retrieval process, and incorporate creative techniques to address family-of-origin issues. The author discusses the importance of choice in empowering clients, even when clients reject treatment as an expression of empowerment.

Losses Associated With Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women Survivors: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 152483802110131
Author(s):  
Baaqira Kays Ebrahim ◽  
Ansie Fouche ◽  
Hayley Walker-Williams
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Review Question ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
Sexual Abuse Treatment

Childhood sexual abuse is a complex trauma with unique trauma-causing factors that could have devastating long-term, negative effects on survivors. To date, little attention has been given to loss and specifically stigmatized or hidden loss as a unique trauma-causing factor. Method: This article reports the findings of a scoping review designed to identify research exploring the losses associated with childhood sexual abuse in women survivors. A systematic search of databases for articles published between 1983 and 2019 were conducted using keywords related to loss and women survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Findings: Twenty studies were selected for review using predefined inclusion criteria: studies that include adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse, studies that include child/childhood sexual abuse, studies that include stigmatized loss, studies that indicate stigmatized loss in adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Sources were subject to quality appraisal and data were extracted in line with the review question. Discussion and Contribution: Findings acknowledged and extended on Bloom’s model of stigmatized loss and suggested that female survivors of childhood sexual abuse may experience an overall loss of self-efficacy, presenting as a loss of personal agency, interpersonal agency, and sexual agency. The results of this research suggest that loss be considered in support interventions with women self-reporting childhood sexual abuse. It is recommended that further research be conducted to confirm these findings so that they may advocate for inclusion in childhood sexual abuse treatment interventions.

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Coping as Young Adults: The Roles of Attachment and Mattering

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052095864
Author(s):  
Sarah Love ◽  
Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
History Of Childhood ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Attachment To Mother

This study examined whether a history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), attachment to mother, father, and friends, and mattering were related to the coping behaviors of 171 male and 85 female, ethnically diverse, low-income, young adults. The 74 survivors of CSA reported lower attachment to father and less mattering to parents than did the 97 who reported no abuse. Compared to male survivors, female survivors reported greater use of problem-focused coping and also perceived their abuse experience, particularly the use of force, as having a more negative impact on them. Stronger attachment to mother and to friends predicted more positive problem-focused coping. Mattering to friends moderated the relation between CSA history and problem-focused coping, with the CSA survivors who reported the highest mattering to friends also using the most problem-focused coping strategies. The role of attachment and mattering in problem-focused coping among young adults, especially those with a CSA history, is discussed.

The effectiveness of EMDR with adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Edmond ◽  
A. Rubin ◽  
K. G. Wambach
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Female Survivors

Avoidant and compulsive sexual behaviors in male and female survivors of childhood sexual abuse

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 48-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel ◽  
Natacha Godbout ◽  
Chloé Labadie ◽  
Marsha Runtz ◽  
Yvan Lussier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Compulsive Sexual Behaviors

Interpersonal Rejection Sensitivity in Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane A. Luterek ◽  
Gerlinde C. Harb ◽  
Richard G. Heimberg ◽  
Brian P. Marx
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Anger Suppression ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Adjustment Difficulties ◽  
Interpersonal Rejection ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated whether interpersonal rejection sensitivity serves a mediating role between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and three long-term psychological correlates of CSA in adult female survivors: depressive symptoms, anger suppression, and attenuated emotional expression. Interpersonal rejection sensitivity has been shown to be a risk factor for the development of depression and is elevated in CSA survivors. Similarly, attenuated emotional expression, particularly anger, has been related to adjustment difficulties in CSA survivors. Participants in this study were 355 female undergraduates, 34 ofwhomreported a history of CSA. Results demonstrated that interpersonal rejection sensitivity mediates the relationship between CSA and later depressive symptoms. Interpersonal rejection sensitivity partially mediated the relationship between CSA and anger suppression; however, it did not mediate the relationship between CSA and attenuated emotional expression. These results are examined within the context of the current literature on adult CSA survivors and their implications are discussed.

Coping and Adjustment in Male and Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra T. Sigmon ◽  
Melodie P. Greene ◽  
Kelly J. Rohan ◽  
Jennifer E. Nichols
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Survivors

Maladaptive Daydreaming Is Associated With Intensified Psychosocial Problems Experienced by Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 825-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisham M. Abu-Rayya ◽  
Eli Somer ◽  
Hikmat Knane
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Clinical Services ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
History Of ◽  
Maladaptive Daydreaming

We measured maladaptive daydreaming (MD) and psychosocial indices among 194 participants, aged 18-56  years: 99 female survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and 95 control respondents with no reported history of sexual abuse. Our data show that survivors of CSA scored higher on MD compared to controls. Survivors of CSA with probable MD scored higher on psychological distress, social phobia, and social isolation compared to survivors of CSA without suspected MD, implying that MD might exacerbate the psychosocial problems linked with CSA. MD psychological screening of female survivors of CSA and the development of a treatment module for MD could improve the quality of clinical services provided to survivors.

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