Thesis (M.A. (Social Work)) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / Survivors of child sexual abuse experience a lot but various challenges in their
everyday lives. The overall aim of the study was to describe the experiences of male
adult survivors of child sexual abuse at Ga-Matlala, Limpopo Province. The study
objectives were to identify types of child sexual abuse cases at Ga- Matlala
uperpetrated prior 1994; to determine how adult male survivors of child sexual abuse
handle their life problems; to describe the social impact of child sexual abuse on male
adult survivors; and to recommend appropriate professional intervention to male adult
survivors of child sexual abuse. The study utilised descriptive research design. The
data was collected through semi-structured face-to-face interviews from three (3)
survivors of child sexual abuse who were sexually abused prior 1994 who are residing
at Ga-Matlala area. The sample consisted of survivors of child sexual abuse drawn
from the database of Bakone Tribal Council compiled and administered pre 1994. A
thematic analysis method was selected. Thematic analysis organises and describes
data set in detail. The data was analysed in eight steps.Ethical considerations such as
voluntary participation, permission to conduct the study, anonymity, confidentiality and
no harm to respondents were considered.The researcher found that two survivors
indicated to be having abilities to resolve their personal problems while one participant
has indicated to be having problems in resolving his personal problems. All three
survivors indicated to be engaged in an intimate relationships. All there survivors
indicated to have had experienced child sexual abuse more than once and they also
indicated to have had experienced more than one type of sexual abuse. Two
participants out of three survivors had not reported of imitating what they experienced
while one has adopted the lifestyle but he is not doing it with children like it was done
to him. All survivors indicated to have forgiven their perpetrators. All of survivors
indicated that their childhood experience had a negative impact in their childhood lives
and it still has a negative influence in their adult life. All three survivors indicated to
have not accessed professional assistance in their childhood even during their
participation in the study they have not yet accessed professional intervention towards
their past traumatic experience. However, all three survivors acknowledged the fact
that post traumatic intervention is important to their personal growth with regard to
finding closure, gaining confidence and finding coping strategies that will be helpful in
facing their personal problems with an open mind and positivity of finding solutions
without tracing their childhood past into it. The researcher concluded that all the
participants of the study had experienced different kinds or types of child sexual abuse
and it has negatively impacted them. Being involved in an intimate relationship was
not difficult for the survivors as all of them were engaged in intimate relationships. All
three survivors need to access professional help for them to overcome the impact of
their past child sexual abuse experience. There is a huge difference/gap regarding the
previous findings and the current findings mainly because most of the previous studies
were European based than African Based (South Africa) and it was also showing a
gap between European based Theories and African based theories when dealing with
child sexual abuse. The main recommendation that the researcher had was to
motivate the survivors to participate in the process of accessing professional help to
enable them to deal with their current lives without tracing everything back to their
childhood.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/3430 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Sebelo, Obrey |
| Contributors | Sithole, S. L. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xiii, 103 leaves |
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