title: What they tell you to forget: from child sexual abuse to adolescent motherhood.
abstract: This study explores the relationship between child sexual abuse and adolescent motherhood, using a life story interview method. The sample consists of 27 mothers participating in a home-visitation parenting program for mothers at risk of child maltreatment. The failure to articulate the violation of child sexual abuse and to appropriately construct blame resulted in a range of self-destructive behaviors, some of which placed mothers at greater risk of teen pregnancy. Repressed feelings associated with the trauma often resurfaced with motherhood as victims re-experienced their innocence and vulnerability as children.
authors.affiliation: Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Patrice
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Erdmans
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012951:Socialization; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors