Helping South Asian Immigrant Women Use Resilience Strategies in Healing from Sexual Abuse: A Call for a Culturally Relevant Model

Singh, Anneliese A.

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“…For example, South Asian cultures tend to promote collectivism over individualism, placing emphasis on harmony and unity. Thus, although disclosure and confrontation are frequently seen as empowering within a European American survivor's culture, these tasks would most likely cause only further chaos and disruption of the healing process to a CSA survivor from South Asia (Singh, 2009). Indeed, encouraging a survivor from a South Asian culture to disclose the secret of her abuse by confronting her abuser would most likely be culturally insensitive and would ultimately not be an empowering experience for her.…”

Section: Goals and Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Feminist Family Therapy for Treating Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Blumer¹,

Papaj²,

Erolin³

2013

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

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Female survivors of childhood sexual abuse make up a population that warrants special clinical attention. Despite the amount of literature devoted to childhood sexual abuse, little attention has been paid to the culture of the individual survivor and her family in the field of couple and family therapy. There are unique aspects about women's experiences with childhood sexual abuse that require attention to gender and cultural issues. To attend to this identified gap, an overview of some of the common problem areas that survivors and their families experience is provided, and feminist family therapy is discussed as a suggested treatment approach.

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Section: Goals and Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Feminist Family Therapy for Treating Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Blumer¹,

Papaj²,

Erolin³

2013

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

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“…Importantly, these protective and risk factors were identified by Kenyan professionals for the Kenyan context; the extent to which they may transfer to ethnic minority communities in Australia would require thorough investigation. In her proposed model, Singh (2009) argues that there are two core constructs at the heart of a "culturally relevant model of resilience for South Asian women survivors of sexual abuse (in the US)" (p. 369). These are gender and acculturation.…”

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“…Similar to Singh (2009), Kanukollu and Mahalingam (2011) acknowledge the important roles of level of acculturation, adherence to traditional gender ideology, and awareness of CSA in their model of help-seeking for South Asian Americans. However, they additionally argue that internalising the myth that some minorities, like South Asians, are 'model minorities', can also negatively impact on help-seeking behaviour.…”

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Proposing a Model of Service Delivery for Victims/Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) from Ethnic Minority Communities in Australia

Sawrikar

Katz

2018

Journal of Social Service Research

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A systematic literature review on child sexual abuse (CSA) and ethnic minority communities was conducted to help address the current gap in knowledge in the area. This article reports on one explored theme-aspects of service delivery models identified as effective, as the basis for developing a model for Australia. The findings indicate two key aspects of effective service delivery: (i) models should be ecologically grounded to the specific cultural context, and (ii) individuals should be placed at the centre of intervention so their needs and experiences are not 'boxed in' by their ethnicity. The model proposed for the Australian context is guided by these two key principles. Service delivery models are important because they help guide practice and standardise treatment and support in the field. However, the model proposed here also values flexibility, cultural competency, a strengthsbased approach, an empowerment-based approach, intersectionality, and a feminist framework. These model elements are particularly relevant in relation to the family cohesion and support that collectivist cultures offer; whether, to what extent, and how they act as a risk or protective factor, or even both, is best determined by the victim/survivor. The utility of the model for practitioners and clients requires rigorous evaluation.

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“…There are also issues of women having to protect their honour (by being) loyal to their family and marrying a partner chosen for them by their parents" (Reavey, Ahmed, & Majumdar, 2006, p. 178). Singh (2009) further reports that, after migration to Western countries like the US with more flexible gender roles, the loss of patriarchal power and the "new power dynamics for South Asian men may cause them to enact anger and frustration (in the form of) violence against women, such as sexual abuse" (p. 363).…”

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How aware of child sexual abuse (CSA) are ethnic minority communities? A literature review and suggestions for raising awareness in Australia

Sawrikar

Katz

2017

Children and Youth Services Review

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Highlights  Ethnic minorities may misperceive child sexual abuse (CSA) as 'a Western problem'  Low awareness results from protecting family name and not discussing sexual matters  Outreach educational preventative programs are required to raise awareness of CSA  Programs must genuinely engage with and empower communities towards child safety Disclaimer This manuscript has not been published elsewhere, and is not under consideration by any other journal. However, this article reports on the findings from one of six themes explored in a larger study. Thus, content in the Introduction and Method overlaps with content in articles currently under consideration with other journals but which then report on the findings from one of the other explored themes, making them each overall different from one another.

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Helping South Asian Immigrant Women Use Resilience Strategies in Healing from Sexual Abuse: A Call for a Culturally Relevant Model

Cited by 34 publications

References 43 publications

Feminist Family Therapy for Treating Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Feminist Family Therapy for Treating Female Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Proposing a Model of Service Delivery for Victims/Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) from Ethnic Minority Communities in Australia

How aware of child sexual abuse (CSA) are ethnic minority communities? A literature review and suggestions for raising awareness in Australia

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