Secretiveness and guardedness: a comparison of two incest-survivor samples.
This paper represents a retrospective attempt to conceptualize defensive postures observed in treating adult female incest survivors. The sample includes psychiatric inpatients and members of an outpatient self-help group. Dynamics of secretiveness, superficial compliance, and guardedness are reviewed in terms of the theoretical underpinnings from the literature and case material.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D014342:Truth Disclosure