Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
J Child Sex Abus. 2023 Jul-Dec;32(6):674-693. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2023.2244950. Epub 2023 Aug 9.
Rates of detection and disclosure of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) are believed to be lower in males due to gender socialization fears. The experience of CSA is thought to increase negative self-conscious emotions (shame, guilt, embarrassment, anger, and fear). Such self-conscious emotions have been associated with a range of mental and public health issues. As there has been no research to date that has explored the experience of shame and guilt within the wider context of self-conscious emotional states for males, this research aimed to explore men's experiences of self-conscious emotions following CSA. Nine semi-structured interviews with males were completed. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis identified three themes: captures participants' isolating circumstances surrounding their CSA, and how this impacted their perception of not being protected or able to speak out; describes the overwhelming emotions experienced as a result of the CSA and how such emotions have impacted participants lives, and addresses how participants have spent their lives living with the abuse and how it's a process to learn how to adapt and live with the abuse. Findings suggest there is a clear need to recognize the role and power of self-conscious emotions in male CSA, especially for healthcare professionals and services supporting males with CSA. Without addressing such self-conscious emotions, males who have experienced CSA are at risk of enduring the emotional fallout throughout their lives.
人们认为，由于性别社会化的恐惧，男性中儿童性虐待（CSA）的检测和披露率较低。CSA 的经历被认为会增加负面的自我意识情绪（羞耻、内疚、尴尬、愤怒和恐惧）。这种自我意识情绪与一系列精神和公共卫生问题有关。迄今为止，尚无研究探讨男性在更广泛的自我意识情绪背景下的羞耻和内疚感，因此这项研究旨在探讨男性在 CSA 后的自我意识情绪体验。完成了 9 次与男性的半结构化访谈。解释性现象学分析确定了三个主题： 描述了参与者围绕 CSA 的孤立环境，以及这如何影响他们对没有受到保护或无法发声的看法； 描述了 CSA 带来的压倒性情绪，以及这些情绪如何影响参与者的生活； 描述了参与者如何度过他们的生活，并学会如何适应和接受虐待。研究结果表明，人们显然需要认识到自我意识情绪在男性 CSA 中的作用和力量，尤其是对支持 CSA 男性的医疗保健专业人员和服务而言。如果不解决这些自我意识情绪，经历过 CSA 的男性将面临在整个生命中承受情绪后果的风险。
