TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Psychological profile of the female adolescent incest victim
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - German, D. N.
A1  - Habenicht, D. J.
A1  - Futcher, W. G.
SP  - 429
EP  - 438
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
N2  - This research describes the personality and self-concept of the female adolescent incest victim. Subjects were 40 female adolescent incest victims, ages 12 to 18. Each adolescent completed the High School Personality Questionnaire, the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale, and a brief demographic questionnaire. These incest victims were shy, expedient, guilt-prone, aggressive, realistic, and withdrawn with low drive. Low overall self-concept with less happiness and satisfaction was characteristic. These adolescents also showed more confidence about physical appearance and intellectual and school status than other aspects of self-concept. The psychological profiles of these adolescents show they had accommodated to the abuse and suggest the beginning of an orientation of learned helplessness.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -