Child Abuse: Betrayal and Disclosure

Autor/inn/en	Foynes, Melissa Ming; Freyd, Jennifer J.; DePrince, Anne P.
Titel	Child Abuse: Betrayal and Disclosure
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 33 (2009) 4, S.209-217 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.11.001
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Sexual Abuse; Antisocial Behavior; Violence; Disclosure; Victims of Crime; Undergraduate Students; Intimacy; Comparative Analysis; Interpersonal Relationship; Caregivers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Sexueller Missbrauch; Gewalt; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Intimität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger
Abstract	Objective: The current study tested several hypotheses about disclosure of childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse derived from Betrayal Trauma Theory [Freyd, J. J. (1996). Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press]. We predicted that the duration of time from abuse to its disclosure would vary as a function of victim-perpetrator closeness. Methods: Data collected from 202 undergraduate participants using a survey methodology were submitted to logistic regression analyses. The relative variance explained by other variables was also examined. Results: Compared to survivors of emotional abuse (EA) who were in not very close (NVC) victim-perpetrator relationships, EA survivors in very close (VC) victim-perpetrator relationships were significantly more likely to wait 1 or more years to disclose, or never to disclose, than to wait a period of time less than 1 year (OR = 2.65). Further, survivors of physical abuse (PA) in VC victim-perpetrator relationships were significantly more likely to wait 1 or more years to disclose their abuse, if it was disclosed at all, than PA survivors of NVC victim-perpetrator relationships (OR = 3.99). Results for sexual abuse were not significant. Conclusions: For EA and PA, VC victim-perpetrator relationships predicted longer durations of time from abuse to its disclosure than NVC victim-perpetrator relationships. Practice implications: Although delayed disclosure may support necessary (albeit abusive) attachments with caregivers, it may also prolong the abuse and prevent receipt of support. Increased awareness that VC victim-perpetrator relationships may predict longer durations of time from abuse to its disclosure, and that these delays may serve a functional purpose, can help guide supportive and empathic responses to traumatic disclosures. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10