Multidimensional assessment of resilience in mothers who are child sexual abuse survivors
Child Abuse & NeglectPublished 1 October 2005
Margaret O’Dougherty Wright, Joan Fopma-Loy, Stephanie Fischer
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Assessing resilience across intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intrafamilial domains indicated that when multiple adaptational domains were assessed, mothers showed discrepancies in how adequately they functioned across domains, suggesting the importance of comprehensive multimethod assessments of resilience.
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The findings suggest the importance of comprehensive multimethod assessments of resilience and extend the knowledge of factors associated with positive outcome. The results highlight the need for further research exploring current contextual risk and protective factors associated with resilience in each domain.
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