The girl mother: incest and maternity

Authors

  • Claudia Aparecida Cantelmo Universidade de Brasília
  • Thainá Passos Cavalcante Universidade de Brasília
  • Liana Fortunato Costa Universidade de Brasília

Keywords:

incest, sexual abuse, pregnancy in adolescence, sexual violence

Abstract

This article presents a case study of a fifteen-year-old teenager girl, a victim of incest perpetrated by her stepfather, who became pregnant and gave birth to a child. Our main purpose is to discuss the teenager´s familiar reorganization, the girl’s and her family´s silence in relation to the sexual abuse. The Center of Social Assistance (CRAS) in a low-income suburb was the environment of research. The method was the participant observation. From the data obtained we identified four indicators of the adolescent´s vulnerability: her relation to the violence suffered, her relationship with her family, her relationship with her daughter, and her relationship with school. In this case,  silence,  isolation and the migration to another city were options for the family’s self protection. The study of pregnancy in this circunstance requires a particular understanding on pregnant adolescents in general. 

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Author Biographies

Claudia Aparecida Cantelmo, Universidade de Brasília

Psicóloga, Psicodramatista

Mestre em Educação pela Universidade de  Brasília

Doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica e Cultura, UnB

SQN 206 Bloco K Apartamento 405, Asa Norte, , CEP 70844-110, Brasília/DF.

Tel: (061)3447-8924, 9648-4191, 2108-9158

Thainá Passos Cavalcante, Universidade de Brasília

Estudante do Curso de Psicologia

Universidade Católica de Brasília

 

Liana Fortunato Costa, Universidade de Brasília

Psicóloga, Terapeuta Conjugal e Familiar, Psicodramatista

Doutora em Psicologia Clínica pela Universidade de São Paulo

Docente Permanente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Clínica e Cultura, UnB

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Published

2011-04-30

How to Cite

CANTELMO, C. A.; CAVALCANTE, T. P.; COSTA, L. F. The girl mother: incest and maternity. Fractal: Journal of Psychology, v. 23, n. 1, p. 137-154, 30 Apr. 2011.

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Other Topics

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