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040			_aAFVC
100			_aGraham, Katie _99426
245			_a“It’s not a great boulder, it’s just a piece of baggage” : _bolder women's reflections on healing from childhood sexual abuse _cKatie Graham, Tess Patterson, Tonya Justice and Charlene Rapsey
260			_bSage, _c2022
500			_aJournal of Interpersonal Violence, 2022, 37(1-2): 705-725
520			_aIn this study, we explored older women’s reflections on processes of healing related to childhood sexual abuse (CSA). We aimed to answer questions about how childhood trauma was integrated into the life story and to identify factors or coping strategies that aided, or hindered, healing. Participants within this study included 12 women who were aged 60 or older and had reported CSA as adults at the beginning of the research project, 25 years prior. Qualitative interviews were conducted exploring women’s reflections on the place of CSA in their lives over time and factors the participants thought were helpful or unhelpful in being able to come to terms with the abuse. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis, which resulted in three themes related to processes of healing. The themes identified were need for resolution, thinking about it differently, and developing agency over disclosure. The findings show that some form of resolution was needed for the women to recover and move on from their experiences of CSA. The two key strategies used to reach this resolution were reframing their experience or drawing upon positive life philosophies. Decisions around disclosure were also an important part of the healing process, with the women developing an agency over if, and how, they talked to people about their experience. Those women who were not able to make sense of their experience continued to be influenced by the negative feelings and memories associated with the experience. Our findings have implications for health professionals working with those who have experienced trauma. They demonstrate that there are a number of ways that people heal from trauma and find personal resolution across their lifespan. (Authors' abstract). Record #7412
650		5	_946 _aADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
650		5	_aADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES _94089
650		0	_aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE _9121
650		0	_aDISCLOSURE _9199
650		0	_aHEALING _94515
650		0	_aLONGITUDINAL STUDIES _9351
650		0	_aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650		0	_aOLDER PEOPLE _9414
650		0	_96157 _aOLDER WOMEN
650		0	_aOtago Women's Health Study _910515
650		0	_94571 _aRESILIENCE
650		4	_aTRAUMA _9612
650		0	_99763 _aVICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
650		0	_aWOMEN _9645
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
700			_aPatterson, Tess _96597
700			_aJustice, Tonya _910516
700			_aRapsey, Charlene _96595
773	0		_tJournal of Interpersonal Violence, 2022, 37(1-2): 705-725
830			_aJournal of Interpersonal Violence _94621
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520916270 _zDOI: 10.1177/0886260520916270
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE