Beyond Surviving

The aim of this research project was to explore how men and women constructed a sense of self through narrative following an early sexual experience with an adult. Using narrative inquiry methodology, 22 in-depth interviews were conducted in New South Wales, Australia, with 13 women and 9 men ages between 25 and 70. All participants had an early sexual experience at the age of 15 or younger with someone 18 or older. Narrative analysis was used to examine the co-constructed stories that emerged. Participants told four evolving narratives about their experiences: narratives of silence, of ongoing suffering, of transformation, and of transcendence. The gender differences between these narratives have been examined in the light of the literature relating to childhood sexual abuse, the victim and survivor discourses, and the social construction of gender

Aesthetics · Art · Developmental psychology · Literature · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Poison control · Sexual abuse · Silence · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Gender Studies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice

• Narrative Research on Child Sexual Abuse

  Kerry Gibson, Mandy Morgan•Qualitative Research in Psychology•2013

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• Effects of Child Sexual Abuse on the Parenting of Male Survivors

  Open Access•Joe Wark, Jo-Ann Vis•Trauma Violence & Abuse•2018

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• A feminist analysis of narratives about adult survivors of child sexual abuse in Australian peer-reviewed literature

  Open Access•Kenneth Lamar Jones, Bernadette Moorhead•International Social Work•2025

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• Qualitative archiving

  Open Access•Peter Walters•Australian Journal of Social Issues•2009

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• Qualitative Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy

  John Mcleod•Qualitative Research in…•2001

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• Relationship Between Multiple Forms of Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Mental Health in Community Respondents

  Valerie J Edwards, George W Holden et al.•American Journal of Psychiatry•2003

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• The Long-Term Sequelae of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Women

  Open Access•Debra A Neumann, Beth M Houskamp et al.•Child Maltreatment•1996

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• Gender differences in social reactions to abuse disclosures, post-abuse coping, and PTSD of child sexual abuse survivors

  Open Access•Sarah E Ullman, Henrietta H Filipas•Child Abuse & Neglect•2005

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• Father–daughter incest.

  Judith Herman•Professional Psychology•1981

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• Childhood Abuse, Household Dysfunction, and the Risk of Attempted Suicide Throughout the Life Span

  Shanta R Dube, Robert F Anda et al.•JAMA•2001

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• Childhood abuse and neglect and adult intimate relationships

  Open Access•Rebecca A Colman, Cathy Spatz Widom•Child Abuse & Neglect•2004

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• Sexual Abuse of Boys

  William C Holmes, Gail B Slap•JAMA•1998

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• Ten-Year Research Update Review

  Open Access•F W Putnam•Journal of the American Academy…•2003

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• An Introduction to Qualitative Research

  Emma Bryden•Sight and Life Magazine: Issue…•2010

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• Resilience concepts and findings

  Open Access•Michael Rutter•Journal of Family Therapy•1999

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• Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research

  Open Access•Rosaline S Barbour•BMJ•2001

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• Relation between childhood sexual and physical abuse and risk of revictimisation in women

  Open Access•Jeremy Coid, Ann Petruckevitch et al.•The Lancet•2001

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• Childhood Abuse and Lifetime Psychopathology in a Community Sample

  Harriet L Macmillan, JAN E FLEMING et al.•American Journal of Psychiatry•2001

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• Target Article

  Richard G Tedeschi, Lawrence G Calhoun•Psychological Inquiry•2004

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• Introducing narrative psychology

  Michele L Crossley•Introducing narrative psychology•2000

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• Biographical Research

  Gabriele Rosenthal•Qualitative research practice•2004

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• Dilemmas of Desire

  Open Access•Deborah L Tolman•Dilemmas of Desire•2009

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• Father-Daughter Incest

  Judith Lewis Herman, Beverley Raphael et al.•International Handbook of…•1977

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• Deconstructing and Locating Survivor Discourse

  Nancy A Naples•Signs: Journal of Women in…•2003

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• Containing and Resisting Masculinity

  Maryam Kia‐Keating, Frances K Grossman et al.•Psychology of Men & Masculinity•2005

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• Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman

  Open Access•Thomas Oellerich, Thomas D Oellerich•Sexuality & Culture•2000

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• Examining the Overlap and Prediction of Multiple Forms of Child Maltreatment, Stressors, and Socioeconomic Status

  Open Access•Todd I Herrenkohl, Roy C Herrenkohl•Journal of Family Violence•2007

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• Childhood sexual experiences and the perception of abuse among latino men who have sex with men

  Curtis Dolezal, Alex Carballo-Diéguez et al.•The Journal of Sex Research•2002

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• Gay and bisexual men's age‐discrepant childhood sexual experiences

  Jessica Stanley, Jessica L Stanley et al.•The Journal of Sex Research•2004

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• Gender matters

  Deborah L Tolman, Meg I Striepe et al.•The Journal of Sex Research•2003

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• Edge of the Sacred

  Open Access•Richard Slaughter•Futures•1996

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• Adjustment following sexual abuse discovery

  Candice Feiring, Lynn S Taska et al.•Developmental Psychology•2002

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• Variables in delayed disclosure of childhood sexual abuse

  Eli Somer, Sharona Szwarcberg•American Journal of Orthopsychiatry•2001

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• The development of competence in favorable and unfavorable environments

  Ann S Masten, J Douglas Coatsworth•American Psychologist•1998

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• Ordinary magic

  Ann S Masten•American Psychologist•2001

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• Sexual Abuse in Childhood and Physical and Mental Health in Adulthood

  Open Access•J M Najman, My Linh T Nguyen et al.•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2007

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• Boys and Sexual Abuse

  Open Access•D J West•Archives of Sexual Behavior•1998

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• The effects of child sexual abuse

  Stephanie J Dallam, David H Gleaves et al.•Psychological Bulletin•2001

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• A meta-analytic examination of assumed properties of child sexual abuse using college samples

  Bruce Rind, Philip Tromovitch et al.•Psychological Bulletin•1998

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• Revisiting a century-old Freudian slip--From suggestion disavowed to the truth repressed

  Kenneth S Bowers, Peter Farvolden•Psychological Bulletin•1996

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• The politics of child sexual abuse research

  Open Access•Janice Haaken, Sharon Lamb•Society•2000

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• The Impact of Childhood Abuse and Neglect on Adult Mental Health

  Allan V Horwitz, Cathy Spatz Widom et al.•Journal of Health and Social…•2001

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• Dis/Locating Blame

  Open Access•Paula Reavey, Brendan Gough•Sexualities•2000

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• Doing Desire

  Open Access•Deborah L Tolman•Gender & Society•1994

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• Victims' and 'Survivors

  Open Access•Jennifer L Dunn•Sociological Inquiry•2005

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