Authors: Vernon R. Wiehe
ISBN-13: 9780761910091, ISBN-10: 0761910093
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: June 1997
Edition: 2nd Edition
Often excused by parents as 'kids will be kids' behaviour, sibling abuse remains largely unrecognized. Symptoms of such abuse and its devastating effects on victims go undetected, victims do not receive appropriate therapeutic intervention, and transgressors do not come to the attention of the courts.
The author of this book brings this neglected area 'out of the shadows' with personal accounts of adult survivors, insights into why sibling abuse occurs, suggestions for prevention and implications for treatment.
1 | Sibling Abuse: An Undetected Problem | 1 |
2 | Physical Abuse | 13 |
3 | Emotional Abuse | 32 |
4 | Sexual Abuse | 57 |
5 | Parental Reactions to Sibling Abuse | 86 |
6 | Understanding Sibling Abuse | 110 |
7 | Effects of Sibling Abuse on the Survivor | 133 |
8 | Distinguishing Abusive Behavior From Normal Behavior | 161 |
9 | Preventing Sibling Abuse | 171 |
10 | Treatment of Sibling Abuse Survivors | 190 |
A Final Word | 201 | |
References | 203 | |
Index | 213 | |
About the Author | 223 |