000			02998nam a2200349Ia 4500
001			111316
005			20250625151251.0
008			110331s1998 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aLambie, Ian _91527
245			_aResiliency in the victim-offender cycle in male sexual abuse _cLambie, Ian
260			_c1998
300			_a235 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aThesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology.
520			_aThis study examined the moderating factors that stop a male victim of sexual abuse from entering the victim-offender cycle. A secondary purpose of the study was to identify possible reasons why men who are not victims of sexual abuse sexually offend. Three groups were interviewed as part of the study. A resilient group (47 participants), a victim-offender group (41 participants), and an offender group (50 participants). Significant differences were found between the sexually abused groups. Primarily the resilient group received more intra and inter-familial emotional and social support, had more peer friendships, were more educated, had fewer siblings, and were less likely to report sexual fantasies and sexual desire about young children, compared with both offender groups. The resilient group were more likely to internalise the effects of their sexual abuse, while the victim-offender group displayed more externalising effects, which included being physically abusive towards others. They were also more likely to report being abused by less than three offenders, and they were less likely to fantasise and masturbate about their own abuse. The resilient group reported receiving more emotional comfort from their abuse experience. The resilient group cited empathy for potential victims as the most common reasons for not sexually offending. There were also a small number of significant differences between the two sexually abused groups regarding their sexual abuse experience. The victim-offender group reported more external reasons for sexually offending, as opposed to the offender group who reported more internal reasons. The findings support the need for multifactorial models of resiliency, the victim-offender cycle, and sexual offending. Recommendations about the prevention of the victim-offender cycle are made, including the need for a thorough systemic assessment of all male victims of sexual abuse and the involvement of their family system in counselling.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aFAMILIES _9238
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650	2	7	_2FVC _aNEGLECT _9401
650	2	7	_2FVC _aOFFENDERS _9413
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTREATMENT _9613
650	2	7	_2FVC _aVICTIMS _9622
650	2	7	_aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_9458 _aPREVENTION _2FVC
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS
999			_c3330 _d3330