Disclosure, Reactions, and Social Support: Findings from a Sample of Adult Victims of Child Sexual Abuse
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Information about abuse characteristics, disclosure, and current social support was collected through semistructured interviews and questionnaires from 122 adult women reporting exposure to child sexual abuse by someone close. Women who used an active disclosure strategy in childhood reported more physical and violent abuse. Moreover, women who reported more severe abuse had more often received negative reactions from the social network. Furthermore, a relation was found between current social support and positive-but not negative-reactions.
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Although adults disclose more often, some listeners respond negatively to survivors who waited until later in life to tell.
“Evidently, others' beliefs surrounding the abuse still weighs heavily on victims even later in their life; while disclosure may be more frequent in adulthood, it also leads some people to react negatively to victims who withheld their abuse until much later in life (Ahrens, et al., 2010;Jonzon, & Lindbland, 2004).”
From The Disclosure Experiences of Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors (2016) · cites this paper as Jonzon, & Lindbland, 2004
Forming close relationships is often difficult for child sexual abuse survivors at any level, including with intimate partners, parents, or children.
“It has been established that forming close relationships was often found to be difficult for survivors on any level, whether it be with intimate partners, parents or children”
From The Disclosure Experiences of Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors (2016) · cites this paper as Jonzon, & Lindbland, 2004
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- Authors
- Jonzon, E., & Lindblad, F.
- Affiliations
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- National Institute of Psychosocial Medicine
- Corresponding author
- Jonzon, Eva
- Venue
- Child Maltreatment
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2004-05
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 190-200
- ISSN
- 1077-5595 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6119
- OpenAlex
- W2014825527
- Cited by
- 169
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Maltreatment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Military, Security, and Education Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- child sexual abuse, adult survivors, disclosure, social support, abuse severity, physical abuse, intimate partner violence, women
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child, Child Abuse, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Severity of Illness Index, Social Support, Truth Disclosure, Crime Victims
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