This exploratory research study examines the experiences of women sexually abused in
childhood who now practice Buddhist meditation. Through in-depth interviews eight
women shared their experiences. Three overriding categories emerged through thematic
analysis: how the participants combined meditation practice and healing from childhood
trauma, the struggles they experienced with meditation, and the transformations/changes
they experienced with the meditation practice. While the complexity of their experience
with meditation renders it too simplistic to qualify as positive or negative, the data did
reveal that meditation has been experienced as an important and useful component of
their healing from childhood sexual abuse.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/11049 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Charles, Martine Aline |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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