The healing power of reflective writing for a student victim of sexual assault.
The phenomenon of a caring relationship between a teacher and her student, a victim of sexual assault, is mediated through reflective writing assignments in a baccalaureate nursing program. Increased self-awareness, personal transformation, and healing results when the student is encouraged to openly write about her feelings.
Karlowicz
Karen A
KA
School of Nursing, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA. kkarlowi@odu.edu
King
Leticia S
LS
D000328:Adult; D003405:Creativity; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D053604:Forensic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014956:Writing