Social, Cultural and Family Practices as Determinants of Narratives and the Self-Image of 11 Women with Histories of Child Sexual Abuse - Open Journal of Social Sciences

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Volume 5, Issue 5 (May 2017)

ISSN Print: 2327-5952 ISSN Online: 2327-5960

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Social, Cultural and Family Practices as Determinants of Narratives and the Self-Image of 11 Women with Histories of Child Sexual Abuse ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2017.55009 1,414 Downloads 2,296 Views Citations

Author(s)

Quintero-Hernández Yazmín Alejandra

Affiliation(s)

Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Campus Celaya-Salvatierra, Celaya, México.

ABSTRACT

The research comes from a postmodern perspective that harmonizes with the qualitative investigation, this study summarizes the importance of language as a determinant of the reality, the problem, and the solution to itself. The purpose of the study was to analyze the narratives of 11 women with child sexual abuse histories in order to know the image that the participants have of themselves. They were identified dominant oppressive narratives loaded with negative descriptions of themselves and some from the family culture. It is discussed the determinant influence of language, family and culture in the construction of these images and it is concluded the importance of thinking about their origin, as well as constructing alternative realities that may result more functional for them.

KEYWORDS

Child Sexual Abuse, Family, Self-Image, Narratives

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Alejandra, Q. (2017) Social, Cultural and Family Practices as Determinants of Narratives and the Self-Image of 11 Women with Histories of Child Sexual Abuse. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 5, 121-133. doi: 10.4236/jss.2017.55009.

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