Impact Of Other Forms Research Articles

The psychopathology of bulimic women who report childhood sexual abuse: the mediating role of core beliefs.

Although reported sexual abuse in childhood is associated with bulimic behaviors, less is known about the cognitive factors that explain this association. This study examined the potential role of core beliefs as a mediator in the abuse-bulimia link. Sixty-one bulimic women were interviewed regarding any history of childhood sexual abuse and completed measures of bulimic behaviors, dissociation, depression, and core beliefs. The 21 women who reported a history of childhood sexual abuse had significantly higher levels of several core beliefs and greater levels of psychopathology. Different core beliefs acted as mediators in the relationships between sexual abuse and individual symptoms. The findings support the suggestion that schema-focused cognitive therapy may be useful in working with bulimics, particularly if they have been sexually abused in childhood. Further research is needed to determine the role of core beliefs in mediating the impact of other forms of trauma and how traumas relate to other "escape" behaviors.

Women of Steel: Constructing and Contesting New Gendered Geographies of Work in the Australian Steel Industry

The article argues that although structuralist‐inspired approaches to steel restructuring have provided significant insights and recognised the role of “labour” in sectoral change, such studies have predominantly equated labour politics with unionism, downplaying the impact of other forms of workers’ politics. This has created a problematic disjunction between “real world” events and academic research, with ensuing issues for policy development and delivery. In response to this difficulty, the paper builds on Herod’s concept of a labour geography to develop multiple labour geographies of power, an approach that describes different forms of workers’ politics. To illustrate this approach, the paper presents female steelworkers’ politics of restructuring. It details the Jobs for Women Campaign in Wollongong, Australia, a 1980s place‐based initiative that sought to gain blue‐collar employment for women in the local steelworks. The study demonstrates how female steelworkers developed restructuring politics addressing gender and employment discrimination, issues not normally associated with labour politics. The paper concludes that such workers’ struggles need to be analysed as they affect restructuring impacts and processes.

The impact of sexual abuse on children: A PTSD formulation

The impact of childhood sexual abuse is conceptualized as a post-traumatic stress disorder, and a study supporting this formulation is presented. Analyses included 71 sexually abused children and their mothers and involved measures of abuse severity, children's attributional style, and child adjustment. Results supported the PTSD formulation in that (a) sexually abused children displayed symptoms consistent with the DSM-III-R definition of PTSD, and (b) individual and contextual factors thought to mediate the impact of other forms of trauma, such as combat and rape, also appeared to mediate the impact of childhood sexual abuse (i.e., severity of the sexual abuse and the child's attributional style regarding the causes of positive and negative events).