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name: The Correlation Between Childhood Sexual Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Revictimization on North America Emerging Adult Females' romantic Relationship Satisfaction with Spiritual Well-Being and Post-Traumatic Growth as Mediators
description: Problem Emerging adulthood is a time of great adjustment, in both personal and relational terms. One of emerging adulthood's most important developmental tasks includes the excitement of intimate romantic relationships (Shulman & Connolly, 2013). These intimate romantic relationships can involve sexual as well as emotional intimacy (Fisher, 2006). When there has been sexual abuse in childhood, the perception of self and others is maladaptive and damaging, increasing one's chance of experiencing sexual revictimization and intimate partner violence (Williams et al., 2010). This can greatly influence romantic relationship satisfaction. There are very few references to strength- based trauma mediators in the current literature. This study aims to determine the relationships between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and romantic relationship satisfaction, with the additional power of post-traumatic growth and spiritual well-being as mediators. Method This was a quantitative non-experimental study that used descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling to answer the research questions. Data was collected by QuestionPro, with a total of 406 participants as the sample size. Participants completed a survey that measured CSA history, romantic relationship satisfaction, emerging adulthood sexual revictimization, intimate partner violence, post-traumatic growth, and spiritual well-being in emerging adult females. Results In general, most participants experienced moderate levels of relationship satisfaction, although those with a history of childhood sexual abuse reported statistically lesser satisfaction levels than those who do not have a CSA history. Regardless of CSA history, participants experienced high levels of love for their partner. Approximately half of this study's participants have experienced some form of sexual revictimization since they were 14 years old, and another estimate of 25% have experienced sexual revictimization in the last 12 months. Those with a …
abstract: Problem Emerging adulthood is a time of great adjustment, in both personal and relational terms. One of emerging adulthood's most important developmental tasks includes the excitement of intimate romantic relationships (Shulman & Connolly, 2013). These intimate romantic relationships can involve sexual as well as emotional intimacy (Fisher, 2006). When there has been sexual abuse in childhood, the perception of self and others is maladaptive and damaging, increasing one's chance of experiencing sexual revictimization and intimate partner violence (Williams et al., 2010). This can greatly influence romantic relationship satisfaction. There are very few references to strength- based trauma mediators in the current literature. This study aims to determine the relationships between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and romantic relationship satisfaction, with the additional power of post-traumatic growth and spiritual well-being as mediators. Method This was a quantitative non-experimental study that used descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling to answer the research questions. Data was collected by QuestionPro, with a total of 406 participants as the sample size. Participants completed a survey that measured CSA history, romantic relationship satisfaction, emerging adulthood sexual revictimization, intimate partner violence, post-traumatic growth, and spiritual well-being in emerging adult females. Results In general, most participants experienced moderate levels of relationship satisfaction, although those with a history of childhood sexual abuse reported statistically lesser satisfaction levels than those who do not have a CSA history. Regardless of CSA history, participants experienced high levels of love for their partner. Approximately half of this study's participants have experienced some form of sexual revictimization since they were 14 years old, and another estimate of 25% have experienced sexual revictimization in the last 12 months. Those with a …
author: Ward, Sara C.
keywords: Childhood Sexual Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Revictimization, Relationship Satisfaction, Spiritual Well-Being, North America, Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence, Educational Psychology, Family, Life Course, and Society, Social Psychology and Interaction
date published: 2023-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T00:54:19Z
provider: Andrews University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Andrews University