Citation

Newberger CM, Gremy IM, Waternaux CM, Newberger EH. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1993; 63(1): 92-102.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University, Boston, Mass.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8427316

Abstract

Mothers whose children had been sexually abused reported experiencing serious psychological symptoms following disclosure of the abuse. Over a one-year period, their emotional status improved. Strong relationships between mothers' reports of their own and their children's symptoms were accompanied by persistent discrepancies between maternal and direct assessments of the children's emotional states. Findings suggest that addressing maternal distress is important to the study and treatment of child sexual abuse.

Language: en