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 -