Request for assistance with child abuse research study

["Rebecca Shaw" <drbeccamarie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,

I am conducting a postdoctoral qualitative research study and need your 
help.  I am gathering data related to messages children living in abusive 
homes may have received from pastors, clergy, and any other 
religious/spiritual leaders that had an impact upon the children's belief 
systems and self-perceptions.

For example, I once heard a pastor inform the male members of his 
congregation that they needed to give their daughters love and nurturing 
while they were young because when their little girls grow into teenagers 
they will no longer want to jump on their father’s lap for love.  He then 
turned to the teenage daughters in the congregation and naively stated, 
“shame on you teenage girls for not jumping on your father’s lap.”  I 
wondered what message the teenage girls who were living in an abusive 
situation might have gleaned from that comment and how it helped to shape 
their self perception and belief systems.

I need adult study participants that as children experienced abuse in their 
homes and were exposed to religious/spiritual leaders that impacted their 
perceptions and belief systems about their situation.  If you know of 
someone that might want to participate in this research study, please give 
them my e:mail address DrBeccaMarie@hotmail.com. If you have any other ideas 
about places to post this message I would appreciate your feedback.

The goal of this study is to provide information to spiritual leaders 
regarding child abuse and the power they have in shaping lives.

I appreciate any assistance you can provide with getting this information 
out to people in your community.  I believe that the results from this study 
will provide information that has the potential to greatly improve the lives 
of many.

Thank you,
Rebecca M. Shaw, Ph.D.






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