The Reverberations of Childhood Trauma: The Link Between Spouse and Child
                        Abuse

How often do clinical psychologists discuss with their adult clients the possibility that the clients might have been abused as children but had repressed the memory? If during the course of therapy clients remember being abused as children when the clients had no previous memories of such abuse, how likely is it that the memories are false? These questions underlie Patihis and Pendergrast’s Mechanical Turk survey study (this issue, p. 3). We discuss relevant scientific findings, including from longitudinal research on adults who as children experienced documented child maltreatment. We question inferences and generalizations resulting from the methodology Patihis and Pendergrast employed. We argue that clinicians are often justified in asking about past child abuse, remembered and forgotten, and that clinicians and researchers should strive to balance the risk of adults forming false memories with the need for adults to overcome childhood trauma.

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PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY DISORDER IN LARSSON’S “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO”

Lire Journal ◽

10.33019/lire.v4i2.82 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 140-152

Author(s):

Christy Tisnawijaya ◽

Puji Astuti

Keyword(s):

Child Abuse ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Psychosocial Development ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Psychopathic Personality ◽

Traumatic Experiences ◽

Main Character ◽

Psychological Approach ◽

Nature And Nurture

This paper investigates how childhood trauma causes someone to suffer from a personality disorder. The narrative discussed in this paper is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2005). The main character of the story, Martin Vanger, is unable to comprehend other’s feelings and gets pleasure from hurting women. These psychopathic behaviors are triggered by the traumatic events he endured during childhood. He was sexually assaulted by his father and was forced to watch him killing women. These experiences are the seeds of crimes that Martin commits as an adult. By using descriptive analysis, this paper explores how Martin, who was once a victim of child abuse, turns into the abuser. Freud states that someone’s personality is influenced by the interaction of id, ego, and super-ego (1993). Furthermore, Erikson believes that someone’s personality is also shaped by nature and nurture (1977). Therefore, psychoanalysis theory along with psychological approach is applied to examine the character’s psyche, mainly to reveal the causes of psychopathic personality disorder suffered by the main character. The result shows that traumatic experiences during childhood generate anxiety; guilt, shame, and agony affect the character’s psychosocial development.

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State Intervention and Childhood Multiple Personality Disorder

The Journal of Psychiatry & Law ◽

10.1177/009318538201000404 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 441-456 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Deni Elliott

Keyword(s):

Child Abuse ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Emotional Abuse ◽

State Intervention ◽

Prima Facie ◽

Multiple Personality Disorder ◽

Multiple Personality ◽

Physical Evidence ◽

Legal Problems

Multiple personality disorder is a mental disorder caused, in part, by childhood trauma, most usually severe and sustained physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Although the disorder is usually diagnosed in adults, evidence shows that it develops during childhood, with the first personality split typically occurring before the age of eight. Using a criterion of harm, this article argues that the diagnosis of multiple personality in a child ought serve as prima facie evidence for child abuse, even if compelling physical evidence is lacking. Medical, social, and legal problems raised by the diagnosis of childhood multiple personality disorder are discussed.

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Book Review: Child Abuse: Memory of Childhood Trauma: Clinician's Guide to the Literature

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674379704200413 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 42 (4) ◽

pp. 425-426

Author(s):

Paul Grof

Keyword(s):

Child Abuse ◽

Childhood Trauma

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Instrumentos mais utilizados na avaliação da exposição a Experiências Adversas na Infância: uma revisão da literatura

Saúde em Debate ◽

10.1590/0103-1104202112919 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 45 (129) ◽

pp. 501-513

Author(s):

Flávia Garcia Pereira ◽

Maria Carmen Viana

Keyword(s):

Child Abuse ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽

Self Report ◽

Childhood Experience ◽

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ◽

Childhood Experiences ◽

Experience Of Care ◽

Adverse Childhood ◽

Early Trauma

RESUMO O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar e descrever os instrumentos mais frequentemente utilizados nas pesquisas epidemiológicas para a avaliação das Experiências Adversas na Infância, nos últimos dez anos. Trata-se de uma revisão da literatura, cujos critérios de inclusão foram artigos disponíveis na íntegra, nos idiomas inglês, espanhol e português, publicados e indexados nas bases de dados Medline e Lilacs, que citassem no resumo os instrumentos de avaliação utilizados nos estudos. Foram analisados 6 dos 38 instrumentos identificados nos 253 artigos selecionados para análise. Os instrumentos mais citados foram: 1) Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, 2) Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse, 3) Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire, 4) Child Abuse and Trauma Scale, 5) Early Trauma Inventory Self Report e 6) Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire. Os instrumentos descritos diferiram quanto às propriedades psicométricas, à idade para aplicação e à quantidade de Experiências Adversas na Infância avaliadas. Predominaram estudos publicados em periódicos internacionais na língua inglesa. Três instrumentos apresentam versão em português vigente no Brasil, sendo que um deles considera somente a avaliação de aspectos específicos de Experiências Adversas na Infância, enquanto que os outros dois avaliam, também, outras experiências traumáticas.

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“Childhood Cuts Festered and Never Scabbed Over”: Child Abuse in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child

Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses ◽

10.14198/raei.2016.29.08 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 145

Author(s):

Manuela López Ramírez

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Sexual Abuse ◽

Child Abuse ◽

Childhood Abuse ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Skin Color ◽

Traumatic Experiences ◽

Vicious Cycle ◽

The Past ◽

Witnessing Domestic Violence

Toni Morrison revisits one of the main thematic concerns, child abuse and trauma, of her premier novel, The Bluest Eye, in her latest book God Help the Child. She has actually dealt profusely with all sorts of child maltreatment in her oeuvre. In her recent narrative, Morrison weaves a tangled web of childhood trauma stories, in which all of the characters have suffered some kind of abuse: neglect, witnessing domestic violence, emotional and psychological abuse, molestation, sexual abuse, etc. She shows how the child’s exposure to traumatic experiences has dramatic far-reaching effects into adulthood, such as psychological, emotional, behavioral and social problems. Morrison explores the curse of the past, the legacy of slavery and its aftermath, and its hold on the present, through the phenomenon of colorism. Racism and intra-racial discrimination based on the skin color result in childhood trauma. Children may adopt coping strategies to resist maltreatment or they may internalize oppression and accept self-loathing. Violence generates violence, a vicious cycle which will eventually make the victims future victimizers. Nonetheless, God Help the Child is not only about childhood abuse and trauma, but it is also about transformation and healing. Morrison describes the characters’ restorative journeys towards redemption.

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A ticking time bomb of future harm: Lockdown, child abuse and future violence

Abuse: An International Impact Journal ◽

10.37576/abuse.2021.017 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 37-48

Author(s):

Anthony Ellis ◽

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Daniel Briggs ◽

Anthony Lloyd ◽

Luke Telford ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Child Abuse ◽

Childhood Trauma ◽

Child Abuse And Neglect ◽

Later Life ◽

Causal Link ◽

Violent Behaviour ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

At Risk Children ◽

Abuse And Neglect ◽

Future Harm

The Covid-19 pandemic and the implementation of national lockdowns has generated significant changes in the citizenry's material realities. Although the efficacy of lockdown is yet to be determined, emerging evidence points to a rise in unintended harms, such as increased child abuse and neglect. Indeed, reported incidences of child abuse in many countries across the world have increased as at-risk children are confined to their dwelling for significant periods of time with a violent perpetrator. Drawing on recently developed theories that indicate a mediated causal link between childhood trauma and a commitment to violent behaviour in later life, particularly in young men, this article claims lockdown may be an unintended ‘violence generating mechanism’ that might potentially manifest itself in increased violent outbursts in the future. First, the article briefly outlines how lockdowns have impacted upon societies. It then explores the statistical upsurge in child abuse and neglect, including afar as Croatia, South Africa, New Zealand, China, Uganda, Nepal and the United Kingdom. The paper closes with a discussion of the empirical evidence that demonstrates a link between childhood trauma and violence in later life, concluding that lockdowns may act as a ticking time bomb of future harm.

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