Citation

Carson DK, Gertz LM, Donaldson MA, Wonderlich SA. J. Psychol. 1991; 125(5): 579-597.

Affiliation

Department of Home Economics, University of Wyoming.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1770462

Abstract

We examined connections between incest victims' family-of-origin and family-of-procreation characteristics in a sample of 40 American women who were in treatment for childhood or adolescent experiences of victimization. Retrospective data on their families-of-origin were collected along with their perceptions of current relationships with family members in the three-generational system. Results showed a close association between family-of-origin and family-of-procreation characteristics, especially in the areas of intergenerational intimacy, intergenerational fusion/individuation, and personal authority. A number of significant correlations were also found between subjects' past and present relationships with family-of-origin members and the dimensions of moral and religious orientation, achievement, and intellectual and cultural orientation, conflict, and control in their family-of-procreation. Some aspects of individual adjustment, including alienation, emotional discomfort, and defensiveness, were strongly related to various family-of-origin and family-of-procreation characteristics.

Language: en