Article
The Traumatic Nature of Disclosure for Wives of Sexual Addicts.pdf
Journal of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity
(2006)
Abstract
Wives of sexual addicts experience distressing symptoms in response to the disclosure of their husbands' compulsive sexual behaviors and often describe the disclosure event as traumatic. The results of this study suggest that a majority of wives of sexual addicts respond to disclosure with significant trauma-related distress. The data also reveal that years married at the time of disclosure and number of previous traumatic event exposures best predicted total trauma symptom severity scores. The study concluded with a discussion of the benefits of using a trauma model to understand and treat wives of sexual addicts following disclosure.
Keywords
- sexual addiction,
- wives of sex addicts,
- partners of sex addicts,
- trauma,
- betrayal
Disciplines
Publication Date
2006
DOI
10.1080/10720160600870802
Citation Information
Barbara Steffens. "The Traumatic Nature of Disclosure for Wives of Sexual Addicts.pdf" Journal of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity Iss. 13 (2006) p. 247 - 267 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/barbara-steffens/2/