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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821585103321

Autore

Baker Amy J.L

Titolo

Bonded to the Abuser : How Victims Make Sense of Childhood Abuse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015

ISBN

1-4422-3688-4

1-4422-3690-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchneidermanMel

Disciplina

362.76

Soggetti

Adult child abuse victims--Case studies

Adult child abuse victims--Rehabilitation

Adult child abuse victims - Rehabilitation

Adult child abuse victims

Crime Victims

Survivors

Patients

Persons

Adult Survivors of Child Abuse

Psychiatry

Health & Biological Sciences

Psychiatric Disorders, Individual

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Stories of Physical Abuse""; ""2 Making Meaning of Physical Abuse""; ""3 Stories of Sexual Abuse""; ""4 Making Meaning of Sexual Abuse""; ""5 Stories of Emotional Abuse""; ""6 Making Meaning of Emotional Abuse""; ""7 Stories of Emotional Neglect""; ""8 Making Meaning of Emotional Neglect""; ""9 Stories of Physical Neglect""; ""10 Making Meaning of Physical Neglect""; ""11 Moving Forward""; ""Bibliography""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About the Authors""

Sommario/riassunto

Tens of thousands of children are removed from home each year due to some form of child maltreatment, usually physical neglect, physical abuse, or sexual abuse, although sometimes for emotional abuse as



well. An additional significant number of children are victims of child maltreatment but remain in their home. Extensive research reveals the far reaching and long lasting negative impact of maltreatment on child victims, including on their physical, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning. One particularly troubling and complicated aspect is how the child victim forms (and maintains) a "