Death of an abuser: does the memory linger on?
Although the fields of bereavement and traumatology regarding childhood physical and sexual abuse have developed simultaneously, little information exists regarding the issues of bereavement for a sexual abuse survivor when the decedent was the abuser. This article is a case study that examines the reactions, themes, and attributions that individuals experience regarding the loss of a relative who was sexually abusive to them during childhood and discusses the impact of that abuse on the bereavement process.
Monahan
Kathleen
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School of Social Welfare SUNY, State University of New York at Stony, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory