A Measure of Their Days: Depression, Coping and Daily Behavior among Nonoffending Mothers of Sexually Abused Girls.

Autor/inn/en	Everett, Barbara A.; Trickett, Penelope K.; Putnam, Frank W.
Titel	A Measure of Their Days: Depression, Coping and Daily Behavior among Nonoffending Mothers of Sexually Abused Girls.
Quelle	(1998), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Child Abuse; Coping; Daughters; Depression (Psychology); Family Problems; Mental Health; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Sexual Abuse; Social Support Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Bewältigung; Daughter; Tochter; Familienkrise; Psychohygiene; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sexueller Missbrauch; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung
Abstract	This study examines how mothers fare in the post-abuse environment; that is, how able nonoffending mothers are by virtue of their own mental health and well-being to provide the support their children need. Subjects (N=92) were women who are participating with their daughters in an ongoing study of child sexual abuse; a matched comparison group was created of mother-daughter dyads in which no sexual abuse was present. One symptom domain "depression" was examined; one standardized and well-established instrument, the Beck Depression Inventory, was used to as a measure. Performance on the Beck was compared to mothers' self-reported descriptions of themselves and their functioning and to their day-to-day behavior as recorded in a daily log of activities. Analysis of time use is presented with results from the self-rating scales. As a result, traditional definitions of depression as these are applied to mothers of sexually abused children are broadened, and an understanding of what life tasks these mothers confront on a daily basis is provided. Findings are discussed with a view toward details useful in planning therapy and emotional support to the end that mothers may ultimately receive optimal assistance in providing emotional support to their daughters. (EMK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC