The psychodynamics and family dynamics of incest

The psychodynamics Dusseldorf, THIS

ARTICLE

daughter

and family dynamics

West Germany

(Article

represents

a modern,

psychoanalytical

are described

which the early mother’s

and the mother.

in detail.

approach

to the phenomenon

of the victim

M.,

as a complex

and the victim

partner”

is explored:

a review

of the evolution

acting-out

of father-

on the dynamic

(the daughter),

Six case studies of incest drawn

incest is presented

needs of both the perpetrator

role as the “silent

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incest. The author focuses primarily

unit and on the psychodynamics

(the father or grandfather), practice

of incest. Psychounaly.sis

in German).

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actions of the family

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the perpetrator

from the author’s of all family

get compensated

own

members

through

Her silence allows the perpetuation

incest.

in

The

of the facade

of an intact family. The

author

Freud’s

begins

with

unwillingness

part to the oversight Oedipal

phase

breaks

from

etiology

to believe

of real incest

of sexual

Freudian

The author

attempts

to identify

members,

father

that are normally

assumes

other

children family,

particularly

in the family.

superego can become

Finally, later

means of gaining author

interactions,

guilt

The

a family

attention, feelings,

of each family

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domineering

member

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Lansing,

in the

As personal

behavior

of the incestuous

Medicine

particularly

in the personality leading

family

the

of the

for the increased points to

in the child.

development

and as a

to frank

promiscuity.

to set limits in many

The

in personal victims

are

frigidity. approach

to the prevention

Only when the complex

are understood

within

to using sexuality

concomitantly

a strong case for a family psychopathology.

who often

the author

and seductiveness

accustomed

of all of the

to the younger

This weakness

characteristics,

often

Appearing

Needs

by the daughter,

results from the inability

self-esteem.

makes

relationship.

perhaps accounting

try to

neediness

that of caregiver

in the mother,

individuals,

and sexual dysfunction,

members

setting limits on privacy

~hara~teristics

These

of incestuous

the family

is often accepted.

for generations.

to do so as adults,

of the resultant

University MI

and poor

satisfied

have difficulty

victims.

common

victims.

continue

discussion

incest and the treatment

Colkge

persisting

of former

in their

particularly

with sexual overtones

trait,

of incest

lucid

the author

events

with a general emotional

are instead

as well,

these families

tries to identify

complaints

author’s

childhood

lead to the acting-out

characteristic;

of the parents

suggests that the later psychopathology

psychosomatic

led in

as part of the

In this article

of actual

which

co-exists

by the mother

behavior

in the father,

the author

in the family

is seen as a common

roles in the family In general,

psycho~tholo~y

to incest.

patients

incest fantasies

studied.

the importance

a disappointment

of incest in families

submissiveness

In contrast,

been extensively

This isolation

satisfied

motherly

and inappropriate

incidence

factors

of the family its borders.

family

have

by emphasizing

approach

incest in his female

disturbances.

Social isolation

satisfy all needs within

of the psychoanalytic

of childhood

by psychoanalysis.

development

tradition

of later psychic

desires.

the many reports

of

needs and roles

will this be possible.

MARKZAMORW