Child sexual abuse: The female victim's relationship with her nonoffending mother

Lovett, Beverly B.

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(95)00030-c

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“…This nonspecific support takes into account that CSA disclosure does not occur within a vacuum, as children already have interaction and supportive aspects in their relationship with their parents. This nonspecific support was measured through the level of expressed affection and acceptation toward the child, the quality of the relationship (Esparza, 1993;Lovett, 1995;Spaccarelli & Kim, 1995), and by a measure of general support (Reyes, 2008;Tremblay, Hébert, & Piché, 1999). For this reason, educative parental practices such as parental caring and punitive actions, which reflect the day-to-day interactions of the parent with their child to support them in their development, are also relevant.…”

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Parental Support Provided by Nonoffending Caregivers to Sexually Abused Children: A Comparison Between Mothers and Fathers

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Hébert

Frappier

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Journal of Child Custody

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Section: Evaluation Of Parental Supportmentioning

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Parental Support Provided by Nonoffending Caregivers to Sexually Abused Children: A Comparison Between Mothers and Fathers

Cyr

Hébert

Frappier

et al. 2014

Journal of Child Custody

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“…A review of the literature reveals that much has been written about the importance of the relationship between the mother and child (Duncan, 1985;Esparza, 1993;Everson, Hunter, Runyon, Edelsohn, & Coulter, 1989;Howard, 1993;Lovett, 1995;Newberger, Gremy, Waternaux, & Newberger, 1993); yet, in cases in which the whole family is intact following the abuse, both parents play an important role in the mental health of the child (Davies, 1995;Regehr, 1990).…”

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Filial therapy with nonoffending parents of children who have been sexually abused.

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Landreth²

1999

International Journal of Play Therapy

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This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of a 10-week filial therapy training model as a method of intervention for nonojfending parents and their children who have experienced sexual abuse. Filial therapy is a didactic/dynamic approach used by play therapists to train parents to be therapeutic agents with their children. Analyses ofcovariance revealed that the nonojfending parents in the experimental group significantly increased their level of empathy in their interactions with their children, significantly increased their attitude of acceptance toward their children, and significantly reduced their level of stress. Measures of the children's behavior, anxiety, emotional adjustment, and self-concept indicated positive trends. This study supports filial therapy as an effective intervention for nonoffending parents and their children who have experienced sexual abuse.

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“…Where a Kleinian conception of the parent-child relationship allows for destructive and reparative psychic conflict, the therapist's intervention with Iris and Bongi, for example, responds to their reparative need. This might be useful when exploring factors of resilience in overcoming child sexual abuse in South Africa, since abuse interventions will most likely unearth multiple traumas of abandonment and neglect (Fonagy, 1999;Lovett, 1995Lovett, , 2004. Sexual abuse cannot be isolated and extracted from the lives of children living in low-income communities, and its effects cannot be fathomed if the daily assaults of poverty are disregarded.…”

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Madness and defence: Interventions with sexually abused children in a low-income South African community

Capri

2013

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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Aim: North American, British and European research on child sexual abuse is voluminous yet inadequate for grappling with such abuse in South Africa. Beyond these confines, one can begin to understand the experiences of sexually abused children in low-income communities and of those who help them. The research aims: to communicate the immediacy of child sexual abuse; to present findings for a South African conceptualisation thereof in order to intervene effectively in impoverished communities; to consider defences invoked during such work; and to resonate in some way with readers working in situations of poverty and trauma all over the world. Method: Therapy sessions between sexually abused children and a social worker were observed, transcribed and analysed; the social worker was interviewed; and the children's documented file material was analysed. The study employs an explorative and descriptive ethnographic research method. Data were analysed by means of the case study method and thematic analysis. Findings: Various ironies inherent in working with child sexual abuse surfaced, and factors that contextualise experiences of child sexual abuse in South Africa were identified. Multiple traumas emerged from pervasive, violent impoverishment. Conclusion: The research encourages a recontextualised frame of reference, reports on helpful community interventions, and furthers emergent South African child sexual abuse work.Objetivo: Las investigaciones norte-americanas, británicas y europeas sobre el abuso sexual de los niños son voluminosas pero inadecuadas para lidiar con semejante problema en África del Sur. Más allá de estos límites se puede comenzar a comprender estas experiencias en los niños de comunidades empobrecidas así como también la experiencia de quienes los ayudan. El objetivo de esta investigación es comunicar la urgencia de lo que sucede aquí; presentar los resultados para su conceptualización en África del Sur con miras a intervenir con efectividad en las comunidades empobrecidas; considerar las defensas invocadas durante este trabajo y hacer eco en alguna forma con las *Downloaded by [Ulster University Library] at 01:43 11 April 2015 personas que trabajan en situaciones de pobreza y trauma alrededor del mundo. Método: se observaron sesiones de terapia entre un trabajador social y niños víctimas de abuso sexual las cuales se transcribieron y analizaron; se entrevistó el trabajador social; se analizó el material documentado en los archivos de los niños. El estudio empleó un método de investigación etnográfico-descriptivo. Los datos se analizaron según el método de análisis temático de estudio de casos. Resultados: Salieron a la superficie varias ironías inherentes al trabajo con niños abusados sexualmente y se identificaron varios factores que conceptualizan la experiencia del abuso sexual de niños en África del Sur. De la dominante y violenta pobreza existente emergieron múltiples traumas. Conclusión: La investigación anima una reconceptualización del marco de referencia; informa acerca de positivas int...

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Child sexual abuse: The female victim's relationship with her nonoffending mother

Cited by 48 publications

References 19 publications

Parental Support Provided by Nonoffending Caregivers to Sexually Abused Children: A Comparison Between Mothers and Fathers

Parental Support Provided by Nonoffending Caregivers to Sexually Abused Children: A Comparison Between Mothers and Fathers

Filial therapy with nonoffending parents of children who have been sexually abused.

Madness and defence: Interventions with sexually abused children in a low-income South African community

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