The Sexual Fantasies of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors

A Rapid Review

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ID19522734
AutoresAteret Gewirtz‐meydan (0000-0001-8221-9425, Carmel (Israel), autor de correspondencia), Eugenia Opuda (0000-0003-1410-6546, University of New Hampshire)
Año2023
Volumen24
Número2
Páginas441-453
Fecha de publicación2023-04-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTrauma Violence & Abuse (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1524-8380 • E-ISSN: 1552-8324
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/15248380211030487
PMID34231436
OpenAlexW3179371108
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas46

Although the association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and various aspects of sexual difficulties is well established, little is known about the association between CSA and adult sexual fantasies. The current rapid review searched for studies that reported on CSA and sexual fantasies through PubMed, PsycInfo, and Violence & Abuse Abstracts databases. Included in the review were empirical studies involving a population of adults who experienced CSA before the age of 18 and which reported on survivors’ sexual fantasies. The impact of CSA on adult sexual fantasies was found across three main dimensions: prevalence of sexual fantasies, content, and appraisal of the fantasies. Overall, 13 studies that addressed the sexual fantasies of survivors of CSA were identified. This review found an association between CSA and adult sexual fantasies, indicating that survivors of CSA are more likely to report: unrestricted sexual fantasies, more atypical sexual fantasies, more sexual fantasies that involve force, and more fantasies that include elements of sadomasochism, submissiveness, and dominance. Survivors of CSA also begin having sexual fantasies at a significantly earlier age and report their sexual fantasies as being significantly more intrusive than do nonabused subjects. When treating CSA survivors, therapists should acknowledge that a history of CSA can impact the survivors’ sexual fantasies. Further studies with adult survivors of CSA are needed to determine how these sexual fantasies develop subsequent to the abuse, how they are perceived by survivors, and what their effect is on survivors’ and their partners’ sexual health, function, and satisfaction

Child abuse · Child sexual abuse · Human sexuality · MEDLINE · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · PsycINFO · Sexual abuse · Sexual dysfunction · Sexual function · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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