Belitz J, Schacht A
Program for Children and Adolescents, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131.
Adolescence. 1992 Winter;27(108):855-72.
Male youths from abusive family environments may be particularly vulnerable to recruitment into satanic cults. Families that are abusive, devalue or invalidate the abused child's feelings, blame the child for the family's problems, and view the world in rigidly moralistic terms create environments in which the youths are likely to identify with the aggressor and label themselves as evil. These youths, who may have poor social skills and feelings of anger, low self-esteem, self-blame, depression, powerlessness, and isolation as a result of the abuse, may use satanic involvement as a means of legitimizing their experience and differentiating from a negatively enmeshed and/or abusive family system. In this paper, the etiological factors and treatment approaches of ten hospitalized boys who had voluntarily involved themselves in repeated group satanic activities during their adolescence are described, and two case illustrations are given. Recommendations for understanding and treating such cases are provided.
来自虐待性家庭环境的男性青少年可能特别容易被招募进撒旦崇拜组织。虐待性家庭贬低或无视受虐儿童的感受，将家庭问题归咎于孩子，并以僵化的道德观念看待世界，这种家庭环境会使青少年倾向于认同攻击者，并将自己视为邪恶的。由于遭受虐待，这些青少年可能社交技能差、心怀愤怒、自尊心低、自责、抑郁、感到无助和孤立，他们可能会借助参与撒旦崇拜来使自己的经历合理化，并与负面纠缠和/或虐待性的家庭系统区分开来。本文描述了十名在青春期自愿反复参与集体撒旦活动的住院男孩的病因及治疗方法，并给出了两个病例说明。还提供了理解和治疗此类病例的建议。
