社会的活動が性暴力被害者の心理的回復に及ぼす影響 : 出来事中心性の観点からインタビュー調査に基づく検討

High event-centeredness among survivors of sexual violence has been shown to harm mental health. This study aimed to clarify the influence of social activities on the recovery of sexual violence survivors. A questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews were conducted with five socially active female survivors of sexual violence. The respondents were expected to be highly event-centered. The questionnaire survey results indicated that socially active survivors of sexual violence were highly event-centered. As a result of thematic analysis of the narratives obtained from the interviews, the following themes were obtained as positive influences of social activities: "valuing oneself and increasing self-affirmation," "reconsidering the experience of victimization and reshaping one's perception of victimization," and "living in the present in one's own way." The influence of these social activities reduced the feeling of not being able to value oneself and the sense of self-blame caused by the sexual violence. These findings suggest that the positive influence of social activities can restore mental health even when event-centeredness is high. Therefore, these activities could help support survivors of sexual violence who are presumed to be highly event-centered.