Is It Possible to Forgive Child Sexual Abuse?

Frontiers in Psychology

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María Prieto-Ursúa¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid

关键词: child sexual abuse;    forgiveness;    justice;    reconciliation;    unconditional forgiveness;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.619597

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Child sexual abuse has been termed “the absolute evil” (Tener and Eisikovits, 2015), and itsnegative consequences, in the short and long term, have been widely documented. In addition tonumerous psychopathological problems, the consequences for the victims’ personal, emotional,and behavioral experience have been described thus (Browne and Finkelhor, 1986): traumaticsexualization, stigmatization, helplessness, and if the abuser was trusted, the feeling of betrayal.Furthermore, when the abuser is a clergyman, “spiritual devastation” or “the death of the soul” hasalso been described (Benkert and Doyle, 2009). If there were any unforgivable behavior, it wouldprobably be this.

【 授权许可】

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