Sharma Jyotsana, Brodt Madeline, Osborn Kimberly D, Nelson Laina J, Copeland Gillian J, Hammer Tonya R
Department of Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Oklahoma State University, 700 N Greenwood Ave, Main Hall 2441, Tulsa, OK 74106 USA.
J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2023 May 6;16(3):731-744. doi: 10.1007/s40653-023-00551-z. eCollection 2023 Sep.
This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of survivors of childhood sexual assault, their meaning making process of the assault, and how messages from their sociocultural environment affected their relationship with, and perception of, their bodies. Utilizing a social constructivist framework, the research team interviewed eleven (n = 11) participants from a variety of backgrounds who were gender assigned female at birth and had survived childhood sexual assault (CSA). Four major themes emerged from the narratives collected. These include sociocultural impacts which included four subthemes: family relationships, peer relationships, societal and environmental influences, and cultural and ethnic influences; meaning making of the critical event, i.e., childhood sexual assault; self-perception of their bodies; internal processes that have shaped their perceptions and meaning making, i.e., thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Findings indicate major influence of sociocultural factors in shaping participant's internal processes as survivors of CSA, meaning making, and subsequently self-perceptions of, and relationship with, their bodies. We discuss CSA and body image keeping the intersectionality of the individual, their experiences, and the impact of sociocultural contexts on that intersectionality.
这项现象学研究探讨了童年性侵犯幸存者的生活经历、他们对性侵的意义建构过程，以及他们的社会文化环境所传达的信息如何影响他们与身体的关系及对身体的认知。研究团队采用社会建构主义框架，采访了11名来自不同背景的参与者，她们出生时被指定为女性，且曾经历童年性侵犯（CSA）。从收集到的叙述中浮现出四个主要主题。这些主题包括社会文化影响，其中包含四个子主题：家庭关系、同伴关系、社会和环境影响以及文化和种族影响；关键事件（即童年性侵犯）的意义建构；她们对自己身体的认知；塑造她们认知和意义建构的内在过程，即思想、情感和行为。研究结果表明，社会文化因素对作为CSA幸存者的参与者的内在过程、意义建构以及随后对身体的自我认知和与身体的关系具有重大影响。我们在讨论CSA和身体形象时，兼顾了个体的交叉性、她们的经历以及社会文化背景对这种交叉性的影响。
