@article{ref1,
title="Disclosing the details of child sexual abuse: can imaginative literature help ease the suffering?",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing",
year="2005",
author="Harrison, Elizabeth",
volume="18",
number="3",
pages="127-134",
abstract="PROBLEM: Research indicates that full disclosure of the events surrounding child sexual abuse, while therapeutic, is often difficult to achieve. METHODS: A nonconventional research approach was employed in order to examine more closely the lived experience of these children. Two novels were analyzed using close reading. FINDINGS: Details of the events and resultant dehumanization of the children were uncovered, as well as the rescuing role of the ancestor. Writing emerged also as a therapeutic tool that facilitated disclosure and helped to promote healing. CONCLUSIONS: The analysis of imaginative literature enables the reader to examine sensitive topics like sexual abuse and contributes to its treatment.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1073-6077",
doi="10.1111/j.1744-6171.2005.00022.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6171.2005.00022.x"
}