The Psychosocial Effects of Incest on the Survivor Children and Their Non-Offending Parents: An Analysis of Four Families
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kumar, R.Sreevalsa (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gebremariam, Rahel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-04T07:02:45Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-10T14:45:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-04T07:02:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-10T14:45:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study attempts to examine the psychosocial effects of incest on the sulVivor children and their non-<Jffending parents. Data were collected from four incest survivor children and their non-<Jffending parents residing in Addis Ababa. In-4epth interview were held with all the respondents using interview guide. Then the data were analyzed qualitatively- case-by.~ase. The data collected from the sUlVivor children were analyzed using the T raumagenic Models of the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse developed by Finkelhor and Browne (1988). Initially, an attempt is made to describe the main sources of trauma and how it caused injury on the child's psychosocial functioning. Accordingly, early sexual engagement, pressure for secrecy/retracting charge, shocked reaction of significant others upon disclosure, blaming children for the events, manipulating child's trust, love and vulnerability; lack of support and/or protection of SignifICant others upon disclosure, inability to protect oneself from abuse or halt the abuse, offenders' use of forcelthreat are identified as the major traumatic factors in incestuous abuse. The result revealed that these traumatic factors led sUlVivor children manifest various kinds of negative emotions. These includes aversion to intimate relationship, promiscuity, guilt, shame, lowered self esteem, sense of differentness, grief, depression, mistrust- particularly of men, anger, hostility, anxiety, lowered sense of efficacy, dissociation, isolation, etc. The non-<Jffending parents (mothers) have also passed through various psychosocial problems. These includes shock, anger, sense of betrayal, anxiely, depression, isolation, fear of retaliation, problems in interaction with other family members, marriage disruption which in tum led to economic problem etc. The study could conclude that incest is a problem, which affects the entire family. Finally, being supportive and non-judgmental to the sUlVivor children upon disclosure, provision of integrated psychological, financial and legal support to both the survivor children and their non-<Jffending parents, speeding up the court process are recommended to help the direct and indirect victims of incestuous abuse to reduce/overcome their negative emotions. Provision of culture specifIC and age appropriate sex education to children, empowering women in all life aspects, upgrading the knowledge of persons who works with children on identification of ongoing sexual abuse, provision of public education program on issues of child sexual abuse are among the factors that are recommended to prevent incest. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/16201 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Survivor Children and Their Non-Offending Parents: | en_US |
| dc.title | The Psychosocial Effects of Incest on the Survivor Children and Their Non-Offending Parents: An Analysis of Four Families | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |