How do young men narrate the redemption story of a sexual assault perpetrator?

IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY European Journal of Psychotraumatology Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-14 DOI:10.1080/20008066.2024.2386829
Brianna C Delker, Paige Michel, Camille A Fogel, Aubrie L Patterson, Greyson Mize, Thea Huber, Kate C McLean
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Background: Little is known about how young men who have committed sexual assault might acknowledge wrongdoing and eventually change and make amends. There are practical barriers to seeking the real redemption stories of perpetrators.Objective: To explore hypothetical pathways to young men's accountability-taking and amends (i.e. redemption) after perpetration of sexual assault.Method: In a pre-registered, qualitative story completion study, we presented heterosexual, cisgender college men (N = 54) with a date-based sexual assault story written by a fictional male perpetrator. Participants were prompted to complete the story so that the protagonist, who initially denies wrongdoing, eventually changes and becomes a violence prevention advocate.Results: A thematic analysis of the redemption stories revealed that this study's speculative task was a challenging one. Half of the stories did not provide an explanation for how the perpetrator was able to acknowledge wrongdoing. Overall, individualistic themes (e.g. he introspected) were more common than relational, community, or societal facilitators of redemption.Conclusions: Without infrastructure for accountability-taking and repair, or narrative exemplars to draw from in public life, it is difficult to envision redemption from violence. Rare gender-based, structurally attuned analyses of sexual violence in the stories point the way towards a more transformative vision of redemption.

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年轻人如何讲述性侵犯罪犯的救赎故事?
背景:人们对实施性侵犯的年轻男性如何承认错误行为并最终改变和补偿知之甚少。寻找施暴者真实的救赎故事存在实际障碍:探索年轻男性在实施性侵犯后承担责任和做出补偿(即救赎)的假设途径:在一项预先登记的定性故事完成研究中,我们向异性恋、同性别的男性大学生(54 人)展示了一个由虚构的男性施暴者撰写的基于约会的性侵犯故事。参与者在提示下完成故事,从而使最初否认错误行为的主人公最终改变并成为一名暴力预防倡导者:对救赎故事的主题分析表明,本研究的推测任务具有挑战性。有一半的故事没有解释施暴者是如何承认错误的。总体而言,个人主义主题(如他进行了反省)比关系、社区或社会的救赎促进因素更为常见:没有问责和修复的基础设施,也没有公共生活中可借鉴的叙事典范,就很难设想从暴力中获得救赎。对故事中的性暴力进行罕见的性别分析和结构性分析,为实现更具变革性的救赎愿景指明了方向。
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期刊介绍: The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) is a peer-reviewed open access interdisciplinary journal owned by the European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) aims to engage scholars, clinicians and researchers in the vital issues of how to understand, prevent and treat the consequences of stress and trauma, including but not limited to, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive disorders, substance abuse, burnout, and neurobiological or physical consequences, using the latest research or clinical experience in these areas. The journal shares ESTSS’ mission to advance and disseminate scientific knowledge about traumatic stress. Papers may address individual events, repeated or chronic (complex) trauma, large scale disasters, or violence. Being open access, the European Journal of Psychotraumatology is also evidence of ESTSS’ stand on free accessibility of research publications to a wider community via the web. The European Journal of Psychotraumatology seeks to attract contributions from academics and practitioners from diverse professional backgrounds, including, but not restricted to, those in mental health, social sciences, and health and welfare services. Contributions from outside Europe are welcome. The journal welcomes original basic and clinical research articles that consolidate and expand the theoretical and professional basis of the field of traumatic stress; Review articles including meta-analyses; short communications presenting new ideas or early-stage promising research; study protocols that describe proposed or ongoing research; case reports examining a single individual or event in a real‑life context; clinical practice papers sharing experience from the clinic; letters to the Editor debating articles already published in the Journal; inaugural Lectures; conference abstracts and book reviews. Both quantitative and qualitative research is welcome.
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