Resilience in Sexually Abused Women: Risk and Protective Factors

McClure, Faith H.; Chávez, David V.; Agars, Mark D.; Peacock, M.; Matosian, Amy

doi:10.1007/s10896-007-9129-4

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“…While research has compared the resilience of children who have experienced various types of abuse (e.g., Farber and Egeland 1987;Garmezy 1991;Houshyar et al 2013;Orbke and Smith 2013), studies have focused primarily on the sexual abuse of children (e.g., Banyard et al 2002;McClure et al 2008).…”

Section: Resilience In the Face Of Child Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Current programs designed to foster resilience among children and youth at risk have focused primarily on the development of both environmental and personal characteristics seen as fundamental to resilience. Such programs emphasize external means of support through significant relationships with competent mentoring adults and normative, well-functioning peers (e.g., Bolger and Patterson 2003;Luthar et al 2000), and the improvement of the quality of current relationships with caregivers (e.g., McClure et al 2008). Educational curricula for competence building offer children at risk the opportunity to gain skills and thereby increase their confidence and self-mastery (e.g., Cicchetti and Rogosch 1997;Thomlinson 2004;Zimrin 1986).…”

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Pathways to Resilience Among Israeli Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect

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We present a model of the structure and dynamics of the development of resilience among maltreated children. We created the model from a qualitative analysis of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 40 Israeli victims of child abuse and neglect. Findings indicate that children develop resilience by using their cognitive processes to distance themselves from their harsh reality and move to alternative "places of being." Such movement along with the new locations creates various pathways for building resilience to abuse. The development of alternative worlds provides these children and youth with the opportunity to create new meaning systems that buffer the detrimental effects of abuse and enhance their resilience. Implications for policy and practice concerning children and youth at-risk are suggested.

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Section: Resilience In the Face Of Child Abusementioning

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Section: Limitations Of the Studymentioning

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Pathways to Resilience Among Israeli Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect

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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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“…Symptoms often extend over the lifespan, which may include revictimization (particularly for sexual abuse), reenactment, and repetition compulsion. Protective factors, however, have been shown to help develop resilience in some children that have histories of trauma (for a more complete discussion, see McClure, Chavez, Agars, Peacock, & Matosian, 2008).…”

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Childhood Abuse and Women’s Use of Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring the Role of Complex Trauma

Flemke¹,

Underwood²,

Allen

2014

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Much research now indicates significant long-term effects for individuals who have experienced various forms of abuse in childhood. Recent research also has examined the role of women as perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV), including potential factors that contribute to their use of violence. One trend revealed in the research is that many of the women who engaged in acts of IPV also had a history of experiencing one or more types of childhood abuse (e.g., physical or sexual abuse, or witnessing family violence). This article discusses the specific framework of complex trauma as a theoretical model to understand how unresolved triggers of childhood trauma may potentially serve as ongoing catalysts for women's IPV. Using the lens of complex trauma illuminates the critical interpersonal factor yet to be studied thus far, which suggests that many women's IPV experiences may be rooted in having childhood traumas triggered by their intimate partner. Suggestions for treatment are recommended as exploring the intersection between past trauma and present violence, which seems to be the key for unlocking important answers in treating violent women and decreasing IPV.

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Resilience in Sexually Abused Women: Risk and Protective Factors

Cited by 55 publications

References 45 publications

Pathways to Resilience Among Israeli Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect

Pathways to Resilience Among Israeli Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect

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

Childhood Abuse and Women’s Use of Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring the Role of Complex Trauma

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