Wednesday's child : research into women's experience of neglect and abuse in childhood and adult depression / Antonio Bifulco and Patricia Moran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bifulco, Antonia, 1955- author.

Contributor:

Moran, Patricia, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult child abuse victims--Mental health.

Adult child abuse victims.

Depression in women.

Physical Description:

xiv, 207 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As many as one in four women have suffered severe neglect or abuse in childhood. This doubles the likelihood of their suffering clinical depression in adult life. Based on twenty years of systematic research,Wednesday's Child examines why neglect and abuse occur and demonstrates how such negative experience in childhood often results in abusive adult relationships, low self-esteem and depression. Drawing on interviews with over 200 women, the authors show vividly what can be learned from the experience of adult survivors of abuse. Most importantly, Wednesday's Child assesses the factors which can reduce the later impact of such experience on both the children of today and the parents of tomorrow.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction: history-taking

part Part I Neglect

chapter 2 Neglect: never truly available

chapter 3 Role-reversal: the meanest work of the house

chapter 4 Antipathy: ceaseless reprimand

part Part II Abuse

chapter 5 Physical abuse: beyond reasonable chastisement

chapter 6 Sexual abuse: shared secrecy and guilt

chapter 7 Psychological abuse: hostage to fortune

part Part III Contexts and outcomes

chapter 8 Multiple adversities: stressful family contexts

chapter 9 Adult vulnerability: legacy of childhood

chapter 10 Resilience: escape from risk

chapter 11 Conclusion: the century of the child.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-85903-798-4

1-134-70906-4

9786610195626

1-134-70907-2

1-280-19562-2

0-203-01097-3

0-203-15877-6

9780203010976

OCLC:

56998927