Finding One's Footing When Everyone Has an Opinion. Negotiating an Acceptable Identity After Sexual Assault.

acceptable disclosure identity qualitative rape self-representation sexual assault trauma

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 04 01 2021
accepted: 25 05 2021
entrez: 19 7 2021
pubmed: 20 7 2021
medline: 20 7 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Identities used to describe oneself after trauma may influence recovery, and searches for acceptable identities after sexual assault can be challenging. Fifteen Norwegian female survivors of sexual assault were recruited at a clinical center, and were individually interviewed about post-assault discussions with others. Our focus was on the experiences of non-blaming and believing interactions with others, and how these interactions can be understood as a process of searching for acceptable identities after sexual assault. A reflexive thematic analysis resulted in four themes:

Identifiants

pubmed: 34276473
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.649530
pmc: PMC8281139
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

649530

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Dundas, Mæhle and Stige.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Ingrid Dundas (I)

Institute for Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

Elin Mæhle (E)

Centre for Crisis Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

Signe Hjelen Stige (SH)

Institute for Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

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