Knowing the Abuser Inside and Out: The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Identification With the Aggressor Scale

Identifying with the aggressor is a process wherein victims of abuse, particularly during childhood, take on their perpetrator’s experience. The victim defers to the perpetrator and adopts the perpetrator’s experience, learns the perpetrator’s desires and needs, and gratifies them. Although the clin...

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Authors: Lahav, Yael (Author) ; Talmon, Anat (Author) ; Ginzburg, Karni (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 19/20, Pages: 9725-9748
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
PTSD
identifying with the aggressor
childhood abuse
Trauma