Stovall G, Craig R J
Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago.
Child Abuse Negl. 1990;14(2):233-42. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(90)90034-q.
The mental representations and self-concept of 20 sexually abused, 20 physically abused, and 20 nonabused but distressed females, ages 7-12, were studied using the TAT and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale. Results were analyzed both statistically from objective scoring systems, and clinically from direct observations and from an analysis of the interaction of abused children with the examiner. The results show that while the mental representations did not statistically differ between the sexually and physically abused children, the abused groups did differ in their internal images compared to nonabused but distressed children. Also, abused children tended to split off from consciousness the more negative aspects of their perceptions. The results demonstrate that it is abuse per se, and not simply family distress, that results in impaired object relations. Implications of these results are discussed.
采用主题统觉测验（TAT）和皮尔斯-哈里斯儿童自我概念量表，对20名遭受性虐待、20名遭受身体虐待以及20名未受虐待但情绪困扰的7至12岁女性的心理表象和自我概念进行了研究。研究结果既通过客观评分系统进行了统计学分析，也通过直接观察以及对受虐儿童与检查者互动的分析进行了临床分析。结果显示，虽然性虐待儿童和身体虐待儿童的心理表象在统计学上没有差异，但与未受虐待但情绪困扰的儿童相比，受虐组的内在形象存在差异。此外，受虐儿童倾向于将其认知中更消极的方面从意识中分离出来。研究结果表明，导致客体关系受损的是虐待本身，而不仅仅是家庭困扰。文中讨论了这些结果的意义。
