Global Voices of Trauma Recovery: A Synthesis of Survivor-Provided Advice for Overcoming Gender-Based Violence Across Seven Countries
Minimal research has examined culturally nuanced healing experiences across national landscapes, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of culturally relevant healing experiences for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). This paper explores these experience among 136 survivors of GBV across seven global contexts. Using the Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interview-Trauma, after reflecting on their healing journey, survivors shared advice for others healing from GBV. Using the Comparative Ethnographic Narrative Analysis Method, we found shared, culturally distinct, and nuanced themes in this advice, including actions to promote healing, building a positive self-concept, and finding strength. Findings underscore the importance of contextually sensitive and survivor-informed approaches in social and health services, urging more tailored healing strategies after GBV. Findings also demonstrate the importance of analyzing cultural nuance in qualitative research themes to allow more culturally relevant survivorship care.
Authors
- Laura Šinko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6021-4727)
- Minna Sorsa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1988-0362)
- Denise Saint Arnault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-8347)
- Sachiko Kita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3348-6364)
- Zeynep Zonp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9400-7825)
- Kleio Koutra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9713-5013)
- Jari Kylmä (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6585-3205)
- Mari Ikeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2000-8523)
- Hulda S. Bryngeirsdottir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1925-9587)
- Maddalena Rodelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4527-0341)
- Karen Birna Þorvaldsdóttir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7065-1122)
- Leisha Beardmore
Institutions
- Reykjavík University (IS)
- University of Padua (IT)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Wayne State University (US)
- Mediterranean University (ME)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Temple College (US)
- Hellenic Mediterranean University (GR)
- University of Tokyo Health Sciences (JP)
- University of Akureyri (IS)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Temple University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Qualitative Health Research
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323241307001
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17