title: A qualitative study of childhood sexual abuse survivors in Taiwan: toward a transactional and ecological model of coping.
abstract: In this study, we aimed to explore the experiences of 10 female Taiwanese childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivors (age range = 20-39 years) to broaden our understanding of the post-abuse coping process in a Chinese sociocultural context. This investigation was grounded on a feminist paradigm, and the consensual qualitative research method (Hill et al., 2005; Hill, Thompson, & Williams, 1997) was utilized as the strategy of inquiry. The transactional and ecological model of coping that emerged from the data describes the dynamic interplay among (a) intrapersonal, interpersonal, and sociocultural factors and (b) the coping process and outcomes of CSA survivors. Implications for research on CSA recovery and culturally appropriate interventions in a collectivistic sociocultural context are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Yu-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri.
authors.forename: P Paul
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Heppner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult