Sexual Abuse and the Christian Congregation: The Role of Gender in Pastoral Care for Victims |
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Authors: | Lisa Rudolfsson Inga Tidefors Leif A Strömwall |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 500, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Abstract: | This study investigated the role of gender in the care for victims of sexual abuse within three Swedish Christian denominations.
Questionnaires anchored by vignettes illustrating different abuse situations were answered by 421 clerics. The main findings
were that female respondents apprehended the described situations as more likely to occur than male respondents did, and that
levels of preparedness to offer pastoral care and belief in the likelihood of the situations to occur were higher when a female
was the victim or a male was the perpetrator. Denominational differences were found concerning level of personal discomfort
when hearing about the abuse. |
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