Study for the motherhood experience of females with sexual abuse

• Main Authors: Hui-Nu Chen, 陳慧女
• Other Authors: Chia-Nan Tai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29156274224486488166

博士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 輔導與諮商研究所 === 96 === The study applied to interview deeply with six sexual abused females of the motherhood experience and investigated by life history of the narrative research. The outcome was that they either suffered from sexual abuse or physical abuse, stressful events of the family, and mother-daughter feeling complex influence the relationship of marriage and parent-child. The violence in the marriage relationship influences the growth of the children. Therefore, the support from partner is the chance to cure the sexual trauma, and it’s helpful for motherhood . The influence of sexual abused experience to the physical motherhood is to reject to examine the body, and to encounter the uncomfortable prenatal examination. The influence to social motherhood was: to worry about daughter to be sexual abused and project the fear of their suffer; to worry about children to be wounded and difficult to let them discovery independently; to take care the children and ignore themselves needs; to be easy to fail into the burnout cycle; the interference of the anger and depression to influence parental display; to expect daughter to protect their virginity before marriage; let them recall the fact that they were sexual abused because their daughters were suffered with sexual abuse. The generation of sexual abuse will be further researched in the future. The mother-daughter relationship of between themselves and their mother was emphasized through the process rejected by mother; besides, they no longer persisted in looking for mother’s love, and learned to differentiate the relationship between themselves and their mother. They built up the motherhood image which belonged to themselves, but was different from their mother. In addition, they saw their trauma from their children’s growth and feedback, and then started to cure the spirit. For example, to seek for the support because of children’s trouble behaviors; to accept the assistance because of children suffered from sexual abuse; to find their own anger from children, and to explain their self-blame through depression. Therefore, when they were willing to take the challenge of motherhood, and were willing to face the change, the experience of sexual abused and motherhood will be inter-growth and positive influence. Counseling and social resource played the important role facing the challenge of motherhood and the therapy of trauma. From the viewpoint of post-colonial feminism, the children were the powerful symbolization which they embraced motherhood and accomplished themselves and attain get oneself definition. The motherhood was also an objection against violence obsession, and the expression of their autonomy and ability, as well as the process to pursue oneself identification. The study found the meaning of the motherhood for sexual trauma. Counselor should regard the motherhood as the process becoming a mother, and helps them value the therapeutic role of motherhood experience. The professional treatment was provided in the best benefit of child-centered, and moreover was concerned about the autonomy of sexual abused female in order to avoid compressing the autonomy of mother’s role. In conclusion, from the research findings, the study presents the suggestions for counseling, social work and the advanced research, and the researcher’s reflection.