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| ERIC #: | ED389021 |
| Title: | Expert I-Witness Accounts of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Abused as Expert. |
| Authors: | Barthel-Hackman, Tam |
| Descriptors: | Case Studies; Child Abuse; Communication Research; Discourse Analysis; Females; Participant Observation; Rehabilitation; Research Methodology; Sexual Abuse; Victims of Crime |
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| Publication Date: | 1995-11-00 |
| Pages: | 25 |
| Pub Types: | Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Abstract: | Using a feminist and subversive perspective, a study examined the testimonies of five adult females each having experienced childhood sexual abuse. All the subjects--participants in a multi-medium art show sponsored by an urban mental health center--contacted the researcher voluntarily. Participants ranged in age from 39 to 54; sexual orientation and marital status were not deemed relevant. All were of western European descent; education ranged from high school diploma to Master's degree. Separate discussions were carried out over a period of 4 weeks in the homes of the participants. The study's original intent was to examine the significance and meaning of art in the women's lives, but it was transformed into an examination of a process of self-healing which they described in detail. The term "participant" also gradually changed to "Expert I-witness." Data is essentially the discourse of the subjects. The participants provided an expanded view of what the "experts" discuss rather than simply affirming the testimony of experts. Statistics may lead to a general acceptance that women are the victims, but the possibility should be entertained that child male victims are also out there. Until social science and society acknowledge this, child and adult male victims will continue to be left unhealed. Future studies should expand the role of expert and search for identifiable patterns of healing rather than focus on the negative effects of child sexual abuse. (Contains 30 references.) (NKA) |
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| Note: | Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association (81st, San Antonio, TX, November 18-21, 1995). |
| Identifiers: | Expert Witness; Healing; Research Suggestions |
| Record Type: | Non-Journal |
| Level: | 1 - Available on microfiche |
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| Audiences: | Researchers |
| Languages: | English |
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