Tsong Yuying, Ullman Sarah E
Department of Human Services, California State University, Fullerton.
Department of Criminology, Law & Justice, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Women Ther. 2018;41(3-4):298-315. doi: 10.1080/02703149.2018.1430340. Epub 2018 Feb 13.
Even though approximately one in three Asian American (AA) and Pacific Islander women experience sexual assault victimization, there is a dearth of literature examining how AA women sexual assault survivors cope with this traumatic experience. This study examined AA female sexual assault survivors' choice of coping strategies post-assault and how their cognitive responses toward sexual assault victimization (e.g., attributions of self-blame, perceived control over the recovery process) relate to their use of coping strategies. Using the AA subsets of two large community studies, a total of 64 AA women ages 18 to 58 with unwanted sexual experiences after the age of 14 years were included in the analyses. Results indicated that AA survivors used and the most to cope with sexual assault. In addition, those who perceived they had less control over their recovery process tended to use more maladaptive coping strategies, such as substance abuse and behavioral disengagement (e.g., giving up). Discussions include clinical implications and recommendations for using language, modalities, and foci of interventions that are consistent with clients' and their families' worldviews (e.g., indirect inquiries, solution-focused).
尽管大约三分之一的亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民女性曾遭受性侵犯，但针对亚裔美国女性性侵犯幸存者如何应对这种创伤经历的文献却十分匮乏。本研究考察了亚裔美国女性性侵犯幸存者在遭受袭击后应对策略的选择，以及她们对性侵犯受害经历的认知反应（例如，自责归因、对康复过程的感知控制）与应对策略使用之间的关系。利用两项大型社区研究中的亚裔美国人子集，共有64名年龄在18至58岁之间、14岁后有过非自愿性经历的亚裔美国女性被纳入分析。结果表明，亚裔美国幸存者最常使用 和 来应对性侵犯。此外，那些认为自己对康复过程控制较少的人往往会更多地使用适应不良的应对策略，如药物滥用和行为脱离（例如，放弃）。讨论内容包括临床意义以及关于使用与客户及其家庭世界观一致的语言、方式和干预重点的建议（例如，间接询问、以解决问题为导向）。
