Mr. Franklin (I presume),
I have decided to post this as an answer since I feel I have found
adequate resources for making an answer. I decide to make a list of
similarities and differences based on what I found.
Similarities:
- Tendency to develop clinical depression
- Tendency to develop serious self-destructive behaviors, such as
drugs, alcoholism, anxiety attacks, suicide tendencies, etc.
- Victims are forced into secrecy
- Contact with outside people is minimal or subdued
- Difficulty leaving the abuser
- Women who’ve had an abusive childhood can be expected to get into an
abusive adult relationship
- Trauma suffered all throughout life
- Physical injury is noticeable
- Behavior of withdrawing from friends and people who do not know
- Conservative/old-fashioned atmosphere in home often observed
Differences:
- Fear or discomfort toward the opposite sex is the tendency for
adults abused as children; abused spouses generally stick to or return
often to their spouses
- For adults abused as children, sexual abuse is included; in spousal
abuse, it’s mostly physical abuse
- Child abuse not prerequisite, but probability in spousal abuse
- Both sexes recognized as victims in child abuse, but in spousal
abuse, male as victim is rare and not widely accepted
- Changes in brain function noted for women with child abuse history
- Some victims of child abuse might let a close friend or condifante
know of the abuse; spouses more often than not keep quiet
- Usual factors and circumstances are different for spouse abuse and
child abuse
If these that I listed do not give you what you need, perhaps the
sources below I got ideas from will help:
Sources on Child abuse:
Treating Adults Who Were Sexually Abused As Children: Central
Principles - National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.ncptsd.org/publications/cq/v6/n2/briere.html
Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
http://www.hope.edu/academic/psychology/335/webrep2/spabuse.html
Childhood Abuse and Neglect Causes Changes to Brain 1/7/01
http://www.mercola.com/2001/jan/7/abuse_brain.htm
Clinical Characteristics Of Women With A History Of Childhood Abuse
http://www.healthlibrary.com/reading/pointers/may/abuse.htm
About Adults Abused During Childhood
http://www.meersinc.com/articles/adults_abused.html
Childhood Abuse Changes the Developing Brain
http://www.nospank.net/teicher.htm
Women abused as children show elevated hormonal responses to stress
http://www.emory.edu/WHSC/HSNEWS/releases/aug00/Nemeroff_psychiatricdisordr.htm
What Can Happen to Abused Children When They Grow Up - If No One
Notices, Listens or Helps?
Some Statistics from the Research
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/abused_children.htm
What are the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse
http://www.apa.org/releases/sexabuse/effects.html
Sources on Spouse abuse:
12-17-1996 - Spouse Abuse: Profile Of A Victim
http://www.timeswrsw.com/archive/1996/N1217963.HTM
National Council On Child Abuse And Family Violence - Spouse/Partner
Abuse Information
http://nccafv.org/spouse.htm
The Spouse/Mate/Partner of the Narcissist
http://samvak.tripod.com/faq6.html
Abuse of spouse or partner
http://atoz.iqhealth.com/HealthAnswers/encyclopedia/HTMLfiles/2782.html
Understanding Abuse: Spouse & Partner Abuse
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1478X5.pdf
Profile of a Battered Woman
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/9562/domesticviolence/profileofabused.html
Profile of a Battered Woman
http://www.co.bannock.id.us/profile.htm
Some other resources to look at:
National Council On Child Abuse & Family Violence
http://nccafv.org
General advice for adults abused as children
http://www.equip.ac.uk/docs/guidelines/sexualabuse/genadvi.html
Characteristics That Might Identify A Potential Abuser
http://www.amie.org/abuse/abuser.shtml
Myths of Male Sexual Abuse
http://www.malesurvivor.com/myths.htm
Common Myths About Spouse Abuse
http://organizations.rockbridge.net/projecthorizon/dvcommonmyths.htm
Bibliography:
Adult Abuse Survivor list of books
http://www.psychologyinfo.com/bookstore/adult_survivors.html
There are many other reports published on the web, but they are not
available for free. I will one example I found.
PANIAMOR-Adults who where sexually abused as children: long term
effects and therapeutic support
http://www.metabase.net/docs/paniamor/0966.html
Google Search string:
characteristics adults abused children
spouse abuser child profile
spouse abuse victim characteristics
traits adults abused children
adults abused "as children"
battered women victim profile
battered woman profile
I hope this has been a most helpful answer. If you have any problem
with it, do please post a Request for Clarification and I shall
respond. Thank you. |
