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Rorschach Assessment of Object Relations Development in Sexually Abused Children

Sexual abuse of children has profound negative effects on psychological development. This study examined the effects of sexual abuse on object relations functioning by using the Mutuality of Autonomy Scale (MAS, Urist, 1977) to score Rorschach protocols of 63 abused children and 60 non-abused clinical controls. The hypothesis that abused children would have less developed object relations than their non-abused counterparts was not supported. Neither was the hypothesis that children who experienced greater severity of sexual abuse would exhibit more malevolent object relations. The hypothesis that mean and modal MAS scores would be highly intercorrelated and interchangeable as research variables was supported. Comparisons of this sample to a normative sample are discussed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500770
Date12 1900
CreatorsIsler, Diane E. (Diane Evelyn)
ContributorsOrnduff, Sidney R., Burke, Angela J., Guarnaccia, Charles Anthony
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 85 leaves, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas
RightsPublic, Isler, Diane E. (Diane Evelyn, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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