When the Hurting Continues: Revictimization and Perpetration in the Lives of Childhood Maltreatment Survivors - Softcover

Dietrich, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639023455 ISBN 13: 9783639023459

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2008

Synopsis

Childhood maltreatment is a pervasive social problem with wide ranging adverse effects for many persons who survive it. A fairly consistent finding is that adults who have been hurt as children often find themselves revictimized as adults. A small proportion of adults who were hurt as children go on to harm others. Some are both revictimized and engage in perpetration. We do not know why this occurs; however, various theories have been proposed, ranging from learning theories to complex psychoanalytic ones. Empirical findings are inconsistent, and this variation may be due to differences in research methodology and operational definitions of abuse, revictimization and perpetration. In this book, Dr. Dietrich reviews the literature on revictimization and on perpetration, frames it within a theoretical model developed by Dr. Marylene Cloitre, and reports on the results of a study that examined the predictive validity of the components of the model. Dr. Dietrich proposes that there is not just one pathway to revictimization; rather, she posits several possible pathways in which individuals may find themselves in a repetitive cycle of hurt, whether from strangers or attachment figures.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Dietrich is a graduate of the University of BC and is engaged in clinical practice in Canada. She has taught psychology at UBC and presents internationally. She is the primary author of several articles and chapters, and is a reviewer for academic journals. She is Chair of the Traumatic Stress section of the Canadian Psychological Association

About this edition

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 3639023455
• ISBN 13: 9783639023459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120