In this article we explore how individual expressions of agency are shaped by structural factors and exercised by Black African girls with child sexual abuse (CSA) histories as they navigate resilience pathways. We employed a qualitative multiple instrumental case study design and purposefully recruited seven Black African girls, between the ages of 15 and 18 years, with a history of CSA. Participants were engaged in a range of participatory methods that included participatory diagramming (time lines), digital stories, and participatory videos. Data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Findings highlight how agency, as a process of resilience, manifested as well as how these agentic expressions were activated, bound, and later reciprocated and sustained by the surrounding social structures.

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“我的力量”：机构在遭受性虐待的非洲少女的复原力中的作用

在本文中，我们探讨了个体的代理表达如何受到结构性因素的影响，以及具有儿童性虐待（CSA）历史的非洲黑人女孩如何在适应力恢复路径中行使。我们采用了定性的多工具案例研究设计，并有目的地招募了7名黑人非洲女孩，年龄在15至18岁之间，具有CSA的历史。参与者参与了一系列参与方法，包括参与图表（时间线），数字故事和参与视频。使用归纳主题分析对数据进行分析。研究结果强调了作为复原力过程的代理是如何表现出来的，以及这些代理表达如何被周围的社会结构激活，约束和后来往复和维持。