Exploring the Experiences of Regional and Rural Revictimized Women in a Group Empowerment Program.

IF 1.4 4区 心理学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-12 DOI:10.1080/10538712.2024.2356742
Emily Corbett, Jennifer Power, Jacqui Theobald, Leesa Hooker, Kate Wright
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Abstract

Sexual revictimization can have a negative impact on many facets of women's wellbeing, yet limited evidence exists regarding specific interventions that support healing and the reduction of further revictimization. This paper will explore regional and rural women's experience of a group-based empowerment program, the Shark Cage program, in Victoria, Australia. The "Shark Cage" program aims to address revictimization by empowering women and girls to build personal boundaries and assertiveness within the context of gender equality and human rights. Data were collected via participant observations across the 8-week program, in combination with semi-structured interviews with participants (N = 11) pre and post intervention. All participants had access to therapeutic support outside of the program. Findings indicate that the program fostered connections among women with shared experiences of sexual revictimization, reducing feelings of isolation. Participants detailed the benefit of developing and practicing skills in reducing revictimization, such as assertiveness and boundary setting. Program learning and recovery was embedded within a network of embodied emotions, social connections, cultural norms and place-based relations that influenced how participants recovery could be understood, processed and addressed.

探索地区和农村受害妇女在集体赋权计划中的经历。
性受害可能会对妇女福祉的许多方面产生负面影响,但有关支持愈合和减少进一步受害的具体干预措施的证据却很有限。本文将探讨澳大利亚维多利亚州地区和农村妇女在一项以小组为基础的赋权计划--"鲨鱼笼 "计划--中的体验。鲨鱼笼 "计划旨在通过增强妇女和女孩的能力,在性别平等和人权的背景下建立个人界限和自信,从而解决再次受害的问题。在为期 8 周的项目中,通过对参与者的观察,并结合干预前后对参与者(11 人)进行的半结构化访谈,收集数据。所有参与者都能在项目之外获得治疗支持。研究结果表明,该计划促进了有共同性侵害经历的女性之间的联系,减少了她们的孤独感。参与者详细说明了发展和练习减少性侵害技能的益处,如自信和边界设定。该计划的学习和康复被嵌入了一个包含情感、社会联系、文化规范和地方关系的网络中,这些都影响着参与者如何理解、处理和解决康复问题。
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CiteScore
3.20
自引率
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发文量
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse is interdisciplinary and provides an essential interface for researchers, academicians, attorneys, clinicians, and practitioners. The journal advocates for increased networking in the sexual abuse field, greater dissemination of information and research, a higher priority for this international epidemic, and development of effective assessment, intervention, and prevention programs. Divided into sections to provide clear information, the journal covers research issues, clinical issues, legal issues, prevention programs, case studies, and brief reports, focusing on three subject groups - child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse or incest, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse or incest, and sexual abuse or incest offenders.
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