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Zimrin, Hanita – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1986
Abused children who survived the trauma of their childhood and grew up to be well-adjusted were compared with a matched group who showed a high degree of psychosocial pathology. The variables which distinguished the two groups were fatalism, self-esteem, cognitive abilities, self-destructiveness, hope and fantasy, behavior patterns and external…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Coping
Johnson, Bret K.; Kenkel, Mary Beth – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1991
A study of 45 female adolescent incest victims in treatment found that wishful thinking, tension reduction, a lack of maternal support, appraisals of threat, and "holding self back" accounted for 70 percent of the variance in self-reported distress. Detachment, seeking social support, and appraisal of "holding self back" accounted for 38 percent…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Child Abuse, Coping
