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The Female Adolescent Incest Victim : Personality, Self-Esteem, And Family Orientation, Don-Nee E. German
The Female Adolescent Incest Victim : Personality, Self-Esteem, And Family Orientation, Don-Nee E. German
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Problem. There is a current need to understand and help the female adolescent victim of intrafamilial sexual abuse. The purpose of the study was to identify her personality profile, gain information about her self-esteem, and discover her view of self within her family.
Method. The High School Personality Questionnaire, the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale, and the Kinetic Family Drawing were administered to 40 female adolescent incest victims from Michigan to identify a personality profile, level, and factors of self-esteem, and a description of the self within the family. The data were analyzed by univariate, multivariate, and discriminant analysis.
Results. (1) …