Intergenerational transmission of sexual abuse? Motherhood in the shadow of incest

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-101

  Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a,b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BA Program   (United States)

^c Inbal Center for Sexual Abuse Survivors   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intergenerational transmission; Motherhood; Mothers; Sexual abuse; Types of motherhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INCEST; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPE; SPOUSE; VICTIM;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INCEST; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33746604771     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v15n02_06     Document Type: Article

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