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Perceived Life Changes for Children and Adolescents following Disclosure of Father‐Daughter Incest
Author(s) -
HUBBARD GRACE B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1989.tb00406.x
Subject(s) - daughter , psychology , sexual abuse , psychological intervention , suicide prevention , child abuse , psychiatry , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , evolutionary biology , biology
Eleven families comprised the sample for this qualitative study. The daughters in these families had allegedly been abused by a father or father‐figure. The study showed four major life changes occurred for these girls. They were loss of father, placement away from home, alteration in familial roles, and participation in the investigation of sexual abuse. These interventions required to stop the abuse were viewed as further traumatizations. Implications of the study for child and adolescent psychiatric nursing practice are discussed.