Clinical Practice Department, School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
J Trauma Dissociation. 2024 Oct-Dec;25(5):656-673. doi: 10.1080/15299732.2024.2383197. Epub 2024 Aug 2.
Because of interlocking oppressions of racism and sexism (e.g. intersectionality), Black women's experiences of high rates of sexual violence are often ignored. A critical Black feminist framework, cultural betrayal trauma theory (CBTT) examines within-group violence in the Black community, which has compounding harm due to inequality. Though quantitative research has found support for CBTT, Black young women survivors' perspectives have not been examined. Therefore, the purpose of the current exploratory study was to engage in intersectionality praxis to qualitatively examine Black young women survivors' perspectives on CBTT through structured thematic analysis and coding based on theory. Respondents ( = 37; 18-30 years), provided their thoughts on CBTT following participating in a quantitative study. With most survivors in agreement that cultural betrayal in trauma is harmful, a key theme was community orientation in understanding both the harm and healing of cultural betrayal trauma. Black young women survivors' resonance with CBTT, as well as their recommendations for community-level solidarity and healing have important implications.
由于种族主义和性别歧视（例如交叉性）的相互交织，黑人女性遭受性暴力的高比率的经历经常被忽视。一种批判性的黑人女权主义框架，即文化背叛创伤理论（CBTT），考察了黑人社区内群体内部的暴力行为，由于不平等而造成了更严重的伤害。尽管定量研究已经发现了 CBTT 的支持，但黑人年轻女性幸存者的观点尚未得到检验。因此，目前探索性研究的目的是通过基于理论的结构化主题分析和编码，运用交叉性实践，从定性角度探讨黑人年轻女性幸存者对 CBTT 的看法。受访者（ = 37；18-30 岁）在参加定量研究后，提供了他们对 CBTT 的看法。大多数幸存者一致认为，创伤中的文化背叛是有害的，一个关键主题是社区取向，以了解文化背叛创伤的伤害和疗愈。黑人年轻女性幸存者对 CBTT 的共鸣，以及她们对社区层面团结和疗愈的建议，具有重要意义。
