WITNESSING THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN FAMILIES: MECHANISMS OF INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION AND CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS

In this era of globalization, when news about political violence can haunt anyone, anywhere, those whose families have suffered political violence in the past are particularly vulnerable to current distress. Skilled in understanding transgenerational processes, family therapists need to befamiliar w...

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Published in:Journal of marital and family therapy 2004-01, Vol.30 (1), p.45-59
Main Author: Weingarten, Kaethe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Child
Child Welfare - psychology
Clinical Competence
Counselor Training
Crime Victims - psychology
Families & family life
Family Counseling
Family Relations
Globalization
Humans
Indexing
Intergenerational Relations
Intergenerational transmission
Intervention
Interventions
Literature Reviews
News
Parents
Political Issues
Political violence
Politics
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Resistance (Psychology)
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - etiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy
Stress, Psychological
Therapy
Trauma
Victims of Crime
Violence
War
War Crimes
Warfare
Witnesses
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Summary:In this era of globalization, when news about political violence can haunt anyone, anywhere, those whose families have suffered political violence in the past are particularly vulnerable to current distress. Skilled in understanding transgenerational processes, family therapists need to befamiliar with the mechanisms by which children are exposed to the effects of political violence suffered by their elders‐that is, the ways in which they become their witnesses. This article presents a framework for understanding how the trauma of political violence experienced in one generation can “pass” to another that did not directly experienced it, and proposes a model to guide clinical intervention.
ISSN:0194-472X
1752-0606
DOI:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2004.tb01221.x