Many survivors of childhood sexual abuse experience a wide range of deleterious psychosocial outcomes. Recent studies suggest that contextual factors – such as the survivor’s social interactions within their environment – may significantly contribute to post-abuse reaction. The current study examines the influence of mentoring relationships and – along with individual contextual factors – and their impact on the social and emotional wellbeing of survivors of childhood sexual abuse. This study examines 150 respondents who reported experiencing sexual abuse and having a positive adult mentor in adolescence. Using data from Wave III of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Study, a multiple regression analysis was applied to address the current study’s objectives. The model was statistically significant, F(17,67) = 1.933, .03, resulting in 33% of the variance in social and emotional wellbeing ( = 0.49). The model yielded 6 significant predictors, including the age when the respondent was introduced to the mentor ( = 0.777, .04), current importance of the mentor ( = -0.381, .03), and length of importance ( = 0.958, .01) as well as age ( = -0.447, .04) and level of education of the respondent ( = 1.07, .004; = -0.674, .03). Results suggest that survivors of childhood sexual abuse have the potential to thrive in mentoring relationships, yet more exploration on mentorship and its processes for CSA survivors is needed to ensure effective intervention.

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指导作为保护因素：探讨其对儿童性虐待幸存者的影响

许多童年性虐待的幸存者经历了各种有害的心理社会后果。最近的研究表明，背景因素——例如幸存者在其环境中的社交互动——可能对虐待后反应产生显着影响。目前的研究探讨了指导关系以及个人背景因素的影响，以及它们对儿童性虐待幸存者的社会和情感健康的影响。这项研究调查了 150 名受访者，他们表示在青春期曾遭受过性虐待，并有过积极的成人导师。使用国家青少年健康纵向研究第三波的数据，应用多元回归分析来实现当前研究的目标。该模型具有统计显着性，F(17,67) = 1.933, .03，导致社交和情感健康的方差为 33% (= 0.49)。该模型产生了 6 个显着预测变量，包括受访者被介绍给导师时的年龄 (= 0.777, .04)、导师当前的重要性 (= -0.381, .03) 以及重要性的持续时间 (= 0.958, .01) ) 以及受访者的年龄 (= -0.447, .04) 和教育水平 (= 1.07, .004; = -0.674, .03)。结果表明，儿童性虐待幸存者有潜力在指导关系中茁壮成长，但需要对 CSA 幸存者的指导及其流程进行更多探索，以确保有效干预。