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Assimilating the Voices of Abuse: Towards Building a Theory of Intergenerational Transmission

Salvi, Lisa M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1207174850

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2008, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Psychology.
Experiencing any form of abuse in childhood is a significant risk factor for having a child who will also experience some form of abuse. Parents inability to psychologically integrate childhood abuse may be a contributing factor in abuse being transmitted to the next generation. In the present study, mothers who had both a history of abuse and children who had been abused were interviewed. The purpose of the study was to understand the lived experiences of women who had seen abuse pass from earlier generations and elaborate a theory to account for intergenerational transmission of childhood maltreatment, using the Assimilation Model (Stiles, 1999). The mothers narratives were analyzed and the degree to which their childhood experiences of abuse were assimilated was assessed using the Assimilation of Problematic Experiences Sequence, a developmental account of the process of assimilation.
William Stiles, PhD (Committee Chair)
Roger Knudson, PhD (Committee Member)
Julie Rubin, PhD (Committee Member)
Paul Anderson, PhD (Committee Member)
102 p.
Psychology
assimilation; abuse; intergenerational; transmission

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  • Salvi, L. M. (2008). Assimilating the Voices of Abuse: Towards Building a Theory of Intergenerational Transmission [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1207174850

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Salvi, Lisa. Assimilating the Voices of Abuse: Towards Building a Theory of Intergenerational Transmission. 2008. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1207174850.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Salvi, Lisa. "Assimilating the Voices of Abuse: Towards Building a Theory of Intergenerational Transmission." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1207174850

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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