THE MEANING OF COLLEGE FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE - HIGHER-EDUCATION AND THE OLDER FEMALE COLLEGE-STUDENT

Authors
LEBLANC JB BRABANT S FORSYTH CJ
Citation
Jb. Leblanc et al., THE MEANING OF COLLEGE FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE - HIGHER-EDUCATION AND THE OLDER FEMALE COLLEGE-STUDENT, American journal of orthopsychiatry, 66(3), 1996, pp. 468-473
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
American journal of orthopsychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029432
Volume
66
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
468 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(1996)66:3<468:TMOCFS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A study of the general college experience of 44 female undergraduates, 30 years of age and older, revealed a high prevalence of childhood se xual abuse. The impact of this abuse on these women and the meaning of higher education in resolving the negative sequelae of their earlier traumatic experiences are examined, and implications for counseling ar e discussed.