RT Article
T1 "It’s not love, baby doll. It’s science": experiences of trauma bonding among survivors of sex trafficking
JF Violence and victims
VO 39
IS 5
SP 598
OP 617
A1 Casassa, Kaitlin
A1 England, Gwen
A1 Karandikar, Sharvari
A2 England, Gwen
A2 Karandikar, Sharvari
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1931197806
AB Trauma bonds between sex trafficking survivors and their traffickers or other perpetrators are one of the most complex and least understood concerns facing survivors. This community-based participatory research phenomenological study sought to understand how survivors have experienced trauma bonding. The sample consisted of 19 female survivors who were all participants in or graduates of a human trafficking specialty docket. Two themes emerged from the data. The first theme is the source of the trauma bond, namely who survivors had trauma bonds with. The second theme is features of trauma bonds, which included three subthemes: survivors have experienced trauma bonds (a) as involuntary, (b) as having lingering power, and (c) as consisting of both love and hate. These findings contain significant implications for practice, policy, and future research.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 616-617
K1 PTSD
K1 Human Trafficking
K1 Qualitative Research
K1 Trauma
DO 10.1891/VV-2023-0005