Perceptions of God by Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: An Exploratory Study in an Underresearched Area

Sharon E. Cheston · Joanne Marie Greer

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Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Child Abuse and Trauma Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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While the sexual abuse of children and its possible sequelae are major societal issues, there has been a scarcity of data in the literature concerning the relationship between religion and incest. This exploratory study researched an aspect of that relationship: whether adult women survivors of childhood incest, perpetrated by a father-figure, have a more negative view of God, compared to adult women who were not sexually molested. The methodology used was a survey of incest survivors and matched comparison subjects. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between how the women survivors of father-figure incest and the non-abused women in the comparison group viewed God.

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