Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a complex and prevalent problem with devastating long-term consequences for survivors. Despite these consequences, some survivors seem to find a source of meaning and fulfillment throughout their recovery process, which may facilitate resilience and posttraumatic growth (PTG). However, little is known from the literature about the specific meaning making mechanisms that CSA survivors experience. A scoping review was conducted by searching relevant journals and several online databases such as EbscoHost, Scopus, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar. Studies published in English and that discussed meaning making as a topic of recovery from CSA in the context of women survivors’ experiences were included, where a total of 57 articles were selected including qualitative (n = 32), quantitative (n = 9), mixed method (n = 9), and review (n = 7) articles. Using thematic analysis, the results of the scoping review found four mechanisms of meaning making and seven sources of meaning describing the meaning making processes of women survivors of CSA. The mechanisms were identified as being benevolent; restoring and empowering the inner self; mobilizing external and social resources; and lastly actively integrating the trauma narrative. This study contributes toward the global knowledge base on meaning making mechanisms of women survivors of CSA by providing the first known summary of studies to date. Future research is recommended to further confirm these findings to inform treatment interventions for women survivors of CSA.

童年性虐待 (CSA) 是一个复杂而普遍的问题，对幸存者造成毁灭性的长期后果。尽管有这些后果，一些幸存者似乎在整个康复过程中找到了意义和成就感的源泉，这可能会促进复原力和创伤后成长 (PTG)。然而，关于 CSA 幸存者所经历的特定意义形成机制的文献知之甚少。通过搜索相关期刊和几个在线数据库（例如 EbscoHost、Scopus、ProQuest、ScienceDirect 和 Google Scholar）进行范围审查。以英文发表的研究讨论了在女性幸存者经历的背景下作为 CSA 恢复主题的意义创造，总共选择了 57 篇文章，包括定性（n= 32）、定量（n = 9）、混合方法（n = 9）和综述（n = 7）文章。使用主题分析，范围界定审查的结果发现了四种意义创造机制和七种意义来源，描述了 CSA 女性幸存者的意义创造过程。这些机制被认为是仁慈的；恢复和增强内在自我；动员外部和社会资源；最后积极整合创伤叙事。本研究通过提供迄今为止第一个已知的研究总结，为 CSA 女性幸存者意义形成机制的全球知识库做出贡献。建议未来的研究进一步证实这些发现，为 CSA 女性幸存者的治疗干预提供信息。