The personality development of child abuse survivors

The abuse cases, especially among children, has been enormously reported and in fact, abundant of the research has been conducted to identify the effects towards the abuse survivors. Thus, this study had taken the new approach by investigating the causes of abuse from the perspective of the survivors itself, as well as including the coping mechanisms practice by them. The highlight of this study is the real experiences of the survivors regarding on the abuse incidents during childhood. Thus, the interviews were carried out with two female participants from a different country, which are Indonesia and Malaysia. The result strongly endorses that the personality development has strongly influenced by the coping mechanisms utilized by them