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dc.contributor.authorRhodes, John
dc.contributor.authorO'Neill, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorNel, Pieter W
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-16T00:13:01Z
dc.date.available2018-08-16T00:13:01Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-01
dc.identifier.citationRhodes , J , O'Neill , N & Nel , P W 2018 , ' Psychosis and sexual abuse: an interpretative phenomenological analysis ' , Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy , vol. 25 , no. 4 , pp. 540-549 . https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2189
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/20386
dc.descriptionThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: J. E. Rhodes, N. D. O’Neill, and P. W. Nel, ‘Psychosis and sexual abuse: An interpretative phenomenological analysis’, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, March 2018, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2189. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
dc.description.abstractObjectives: This study aimed to investigate the first-person perspective of psychosis sufferers who survived childhood sexual abuse. Methods: Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to explore the experiences of 7 women with a history of sexual abuse and psychosis. Results: Analysis generated six themes: (a) degradation of self, interlinking shame, guilt, and sometimes disgust; (b) body-self entrapment, experiencing bodily constraint and distortion; (c) a sense of being different to others, involving interpersonal problems; (d) unending struggle and depression, a pervasive sense of defeat; (e) psychotic condemnations and abuse, describing psychotic phenomena related to harm and sexual abuse; and (f) perception of links to the past, the links made from past abuse to current functioning. Conclusion: Participants suffered extreme psychological, physical, and interpersonal difficulties past and present. Psychotic experiences reported exhibited themes of condemnation by external entities and reflected the topic of sexual abuse. Participants did not generally link psychosis to their past abusive experiences.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofClinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
dc.subjectinterpretative phenomenological analysis
dc.subjectpsychosis
dc.subjectsexual abuse
dc.subjectClinical Psychology
dc.titlePsychosis and sexual abuse: an interpretative phenomenological analysisen
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research in Psychology and Sport Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychology and Sports Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionHealth and Clinical Psychology Research Group
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology
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