Maternal variables related to sexually abused children’s functioning
| Autor: | Myra Leifer, Teresa Kilbane, Margarita Paredes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders Victimology Child Behavior Mothers Poison control Suicide prevention Developmental psychology Interviews as Topic Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Child Maternal Behavior Urban Health Social environment Child Abuse Sexual Middle Aged medicine.disease Mother-Child Relations Black or African American Substance abuse Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Personality Development Sexual abuse Intergenerational Relations Child sexual abuse Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Regression Analysis Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Abuse & Neglect. 25:1159-1176 |
| ISSN: | 0145-2134 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0145-2134(01)00268-x |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore how mothers' developmental history and current functioning affects their sexually abused children's functioning and recovery. METHOD: A sample of 67 African-American mothers and their sexually abused children participated in this study. Interviews and a range of adult and child measures were administered in order to assess maternal developmental history and current functioning, and child functioning. RESULTS: Mothers' past experiences as children were associated with their children's behavior and general functioning following the sexual abuse. Mothers who experienced more discontinuity of childhood care, who were sexually abused as children, and/or had more problems in their family of origin had children who showed poorer functioning and more behavioral symptomatology. In addition, mothers who currently were experiencing more trauma symptomatology, reported substance abuse, and/or were less able to provide support to their children, had children with more behavior problems and poorer functioning. CONCLUSIONS: The findings from this study point to the impact of mothers' developmental history and current functioning upon the symptomatology of their sexually abused children. Language: en |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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