The impact of sexual abuse on body experience in adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-02-23 DOI:10.3109/13668250.2022.2158725

M. J. Smit, C. Emck, M. Scheffers, J. V. van Busschbach, P. Beek

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Background Research is lacking on body-related consequences of sexual abuse in adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning (MID-BIF), although the prevalence of abuse is high and body- and movement-oriented diagnostics and therapeutics seem warranted for this group. Method Body experience in adults with MID-BIF who were sexually abused (SA) and were not sexually abused (NSA) was compared using a self-report instrument, the Body Experience Questionnaire-mb, and an instrument to observe non-verbal psychomotor behaviour, the PsyMot-mb. Results The SA group showed significantly higher self-reported body awareness and more observed problems with body acceptance than the NSA group. No significant group differences were found for self-reported body satisfaction and body attitude. Conclusions Adults with MID-BIF who were sexually abused are more aware of their body signals, but less able to adequately attend to, tolerate, and interpret these signals. Therefore, body- and movement-oriented therapies hold promise for this group.

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性虐待对轻度智障或边缘性智障成人身体体验的影响

背景:尽管性虐待在轻度智力残疾或边缘性智力功能(MID-BIF)成人中的患病率很高，并且以身体和运动为导向的诊断和治疗似乎对这一群体有必要，但目前缺乏对性虐待对身体相关后果的研究。方法采用身体体验量表(Body experience Questionnaire-mb)和非言语精神运动行为量表(PsyMot-mb)对遭受性侵(SA)和未遭受性侵(NSA)的中度性行为障碍成人的身体体验进行比较。结果SA组自我报告的身体意识和身体接受问题明显高于NSA组。自我报告的身体满意度和身体态度没有显著的组间差异。结论遭受过性侵的中bif患者对自己的身体信号有更高的意识，但对这些信号的关注、容忍和解释能力较差。因此，以身体和运动为导向的疗法对这一群体有希望。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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