Women's experiences of being-on-social-media after acquaintance rape
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- Title
- Women's experiences of being-on-social-media after acquaintance rape
- Creator
- Anne-Sophie Bammens
- Supervisor
- Dr Russel Ayling and Dr Isabel Henton.
- Date
- 2019
- Abstract
- This study aims to explore what it is like for women who have endured acquaintance rape to exist within the social media space, where the assailant may be connected through friendship networks. It aims to develop meanings around the kinds of psychological distress and vulnerability that can be experienced by participation in the digital space after rape, exploring the experiences and mechanisms that support or impede the path to an emotional recovery for female digital natives. Five female participants gave accounts of their experiences, in semi-structured in-person and skype interviews. The interviews were analysed using phenomenological interpretative analysis (IPA). Three superordinate themes were identified: Shift in Paradigm, Sense of the Other, and Community. The findings indicate the complexity of navigating social media dynamics subsequent acquaintance rape, with participants being caught between competing demands of engaging within and withdrawing from social media. An unexpected finding revealed how social media can both be a place for distress and for working towards a sense of emotional recovery. An in-depth discussion is presented as to why it may be so complex for the women to navigate social media dynamics subsequent to being raped. Clinical implications for Counselling Psychology include: recommendations on working with the various complexities women face around navigating the social media world, and recognising the online flags of distress, after rape.
- Subject
- Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Extent
- 149 pages ; 23 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- Regent's University London
- Language
- English
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Type
- Report
- Rights Holder
- Regent's University London & Anne-Sophie Bammens
- Item sets
- Theses or Dissertation