title: Incest: socialization within a treatment program.
abstract: The process of socialization in a mental health program for incestuous families is described. Treatment is viewed as a means of transmission of new knowledge--about what incest is, why it occurred, what should be done about it--from those who "know" to those who do not. Cultural mechanisms used to socialize participants to the predominant values of the treatment community are analyzed.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D012951:Socialization