Open AccessUnderstanding Young Adults’ Experiences of Recovering from Childhood Victimization
Author(s) -
Riithraiyeini V.Veerappan,
Nicole Chen,
L. Ismail
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
malaysian journal of social sciences and humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2504-8562
DOI - 10.47405/mjssh.v7i4.1480
Subject(s) - forgiveness , psychology , qualitative research , face (sociological concept) , developmental psychology , spirituality , process (computing) , social psychology , sociology , medicine , computer science , social science , alternative medicine , pathology , operating system
There are two objectives of this research. The first objective is to identify the process of overcoming childhood victimization, and the second objective is to identify the elements that facilitate the overcoming process. The participants of this research were from the researcher’s circle of acquaintances. A qualitative method was used to gather information on 7 young adults, aged between 20 and 25 years. The selected participants were interviewed face-to-face using semi-structured questions. The results obtained for the process of overcoming were learning to accept, reaching out to help oneself and reaching out to help others. As for the elements that help to facilitate the healing processes were support system, forgiveness and spirituality.