Domestic violence between childhood incest and re-victimization: a study among anti-violence centers in Italy

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dc.contributor.authorTestoni, Ines ; Mariani, Chiara ; Zamperini, Adriano
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-05T14:35:45Z
dc.date.available2020-02-05T14:35:45Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe study focuses on a specific problem in the area of child sexual abuse (CSA), which is still under-researched: the relationship between incest and adult female re-victimization treatment within the ambit of domestic violence in Italian centers. About 112 anti-violence centers were contacted, but only 13 participated and only 16 psychologists were interviewed to reconstruct the biographies of 32 victims. The study aimed to examine if and how the service centers recognized and dealt with the problem of re-victimization among survivors based on psychologists’ narrations. Findings showed that the description of perpetrators revealed not only sexual abuse was perpetrated, but also psychological and physical abuse. About half of mothers did not come to their daughters’ aid and those who cooperated with the abusers had mostly suffered from CSA at a time in their life. Only three mothers did help their daughters in contacting the anti-violence centers. However, most of the service centers were not concerned with the relationship between incest and domestic re-victimization, while those who considered the problem, dealt with it only on the practitioner–patient level. In addition, despite the psychologists used professional and empathetic language, they disclosed their high emotional involvement and a genuine bewilderment. A discussion on the need to standardize the psychotherapeutic support given to these re-victimized women was presented, with a critique to the un-discriminated de-pathologization approach adopted by almost all anti-violence centers. In particular, we wanted to underline the fact that, although, this approach is useful in treating victims who were not abused during infancy, it could be insufficient for women who suffered from incest. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationTestoni, Ines ; Mariani, Chiara ; Zamperini, Adriano. (2018). Domestic violence between childhood incest and re-victimization: a study among anti-violence centers in Italy. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(2377), 1-11.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02377/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4569
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers in Psychologyen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectpsychological effectsen_US
dc.subjectparentingen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectfamily violenceen_US
dc.subjectdomestic violenceen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectItalyen_US
dc.titleDomestic violence between childhood incest and re-victimization: a study among anti-violence centers in Italyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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