TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - The risk of telling: a dyadic perspective on romantic partners' responses to child sexual abuse disclosure and their associations with sexual and relationship satisfaction JO - Journal of marital and family therapy A1 - Gauthier, Laurence de Montigny A1 - Vaillancourt‐Morel, Marie-Pier A1 - Rellini, Alessandra A1 - Godbout, Natacha A1 - Charbonneau‐Lefebvre, Véronique A1 - Desjardins, Frédérique A1 - Bergeron, Sophie SP - 480 EP - 493 VL - 45 IS - 3 N2 - Among 70 community couples who reported childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and disclosure to their partner, this study examined associations between survivors' perception of partner responses to their disclosure, and both partners' sexual and relationship satisfaction. Participants completed self-report questionnaires online.

RESULTS of path analyses within an actor-partner interdependence model indicated that survivors' perceived partner responses of emotional support to disclosure were associated with their own and their partners' higher sexual satisfaction. Survivors' perceived responses of being stigmatized/treated differently by the partner were associated with their own and their partners' poorer relationship satisfaction.

FINDINGS suggest that survivor-perceived partner responses to the disclosure of CSA can have a positive and a negative impact on the sexual and relationship satisfaction of both partners.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 0194-472X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12345 ID - ref1 ER -