Violence Against Women
Volume 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 444-458

South asian immigrant women who have survived child sexual abuse: Resilience and healing (Article)

Singh A.A. , Hays D.G. , Chung Y.B. , Watson L.
  • a Counseling and Human Development Services, University of Georgia, 402 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602-7142, United States
  • b Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States
  • c Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
  • d Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States

Abstract

The current study is a phenomenological examination of the resilience strategies of South Asian immigrant women in the United States who survived child sexual abuse. Semistructured interviews (N = 5) and a focus group (N = 8) were analyzed to gain a deep structural understanding of participants' experiences of child sexual abuse and resilience. Findings included four subthemes of South Asian context (strict gender socialization, maintenance of family image, influence of ethnic identity, acculturative stressors) and five subthemes of resilience strategies (use of silence, sense of hope, South Asian social support, social advocacy, intentional self-care). Research and practice implications are discussed. © The Author(s) 2010.

Author Keywords

Resilience South Asian Women Child sexual abuse

Index Keywords

Emigrants and Immigrants female Child Abuse, Sexual Humans social support alternative medicine ethnology psychological aspect child sexual abuse Mental Healing statistics Article United States human adult migration Asia Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77949324672&doi=10.1177%2f1077801210363976&partnerID=40&md5=a66a1007c028cfa0cb6c7757773faeb1
DOI: 10.1177/1077801210363976
ISSN: 10778012
Cited by: 19
Original Language: English