Adult Survivors of Incest

According to the current literature on adult survivors of incest, under-reporting of cases has contributed to a lack of understanding regarding the psychodynamics of the incest victim. In this regard, Stern's Theory of Affect leads to the implication that anger responses would be an important area for inquiry in circumstances where there was childhood trauma involving a parent such as in an incestuous experience. This study was based on this implication of Stern's theory; in particular, the study explored for the effects of incest in terms of the anger responses and behaviors generated in a convience sample of five, adult females who were vic

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