Bonded to the Abuser : How Victims Make Sense of Childhood Abuse

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Amy J. L., author.

Schneiderman, Mel, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult child abuse victims--Rehabilitation.

Adult child abuse victims.

Adult Survivors of Child Abuse.

Adult child abuse victims--Case studies.

Medical Subjects:

Adult Survivors of Child Abuse.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tens of thousands of children are removed from home each year due to some form of child maltreatment, usually physical neglect, physical abuse, or sexual abuse, although sometimes for emotional abuse as well. An additional significant number of children are victims of child maltreatment but remain in their home. Extensive research reveals the far reaching and long lasting negative impact of maltreatment on child victims, including on their physical, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning. One particularly troubling and complicated aspect is how the child victim forms (and maintains) a "

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Stories of Physical Abuse""; ""2 Making Meaning of Physical Abuse""; ""3 Stories of Sexual Abuse""; ""4 Making Meaning of Sexual Abuse""; ""5 Stories of Emotional Abuse""; ""6 Making Meaning of Emotional Abuse""; ""7 Stories of Emotional Neglect""; ""8 Making Meaning of Emotional Neglect""; ""9 Stories of Physical Neglect""; ""10 Making Meaning of Physical Neglect""; ""11 Moving Forward""; ""Bibliography""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""About the Authors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-40679-2

OCLC:

909370037