Child Abuse and the Law: How to Avoid Being the Abused or the Abuser

Justice, Rita; Justice, Blair

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“…Analyzing script roles in the triangle allows therapists to avoid becoming involved by assuming the Adult cognitive role rather then the punitive Parent (or Persecutor) or the helpless Child (or Victim) role (Jaoui, 1991). This possibility is emphasized by Justice and Justice (1993). In the judicial or legal systems the therapist may end up assuming one of the three roles in the triangle.…”

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The Drama Triangle: An Attempt to Resurrect a Neglected Pathogenic Model in Family Therapy Theory and Practice

L’Abate

2009

UAFT

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Among various models relevant to family theory and practice, two are relevant to both endeavors. The Attachment Model has been extremely fruitful in attracting world-wide attention and research. The Drama Triangle, on the other hand, composed by reactive and manipulative Victim, Persecutor, and Rescuer roles-originating in 1968 by S. B. Karpman-has not received the attention and interest it deserves from the family therapy profession. This neglect has occurred in spite of its pervasive presence in fiction (movies and novels), religion and politics, and in the justice and legal systems. In real life, this triangle is evident where emotional, sexual, and physical abuse are present. Both models, however, have received prominence in relational competence theory (L'Abate & Cusinato, 2007). Its clinical applications to family therapy practice should yield ample dividends by conceptualizing dysfunctional processes in ways that could not be perhaps achieved through other known relational models, including attachment. Implications of this triangle for family practice are illustrated by the case of a family where this triangle was present.This feeble and perhaps futile attempt to resurrect one model from Transactional Analysis (TA) literature seems ill-advised and unlikely to be of interest to current journal editors and readers. Nonetheless, conviction about its soundness and relevance to family therapy theory and practice makes this A bibliography of secondary sources (i.e., chapters) related conceptually to the 16 models of the theory

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The Drama Triangle: An Attempt to Resurrect a Neglected Pathogenic Model in Family Therapy Theory and Practice

L’Abate

2009

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“…Third, the measurement scale is anticipated to serve as an assessment tool for counselors and clinicians to inform practice. Mental health research has previously applied tenets of the drama triangle to understand interpersonal dynamics, including family conflict (Fulkerson, 2003; Zerin, 1988), domestic violence (Hawker, 2000), and child abuse (Carr, 1989; Justice & Justice, 1993). The experiences of drama and being entangled in such a triangle are posited to be detrimental to psychological and emotional well-being (Karpman, 1968).…”

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Development and Validation of the Drama Triangle Scale: Are You a Victim, Rescuer, or Persecutor?

Lac

Donaldson

2020

J Interpers Violence

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The drama triangle is a theoretical framework to describe and understand the roles (Victim, Rescuer, and Persecutor) that people assume and perpetuate in interpersonal relationships, especially in contexts of “drama” or conflict. The Drama Triangle scale was developed, validated, and psychometrically scrutinized across three independent samples of adults. In Study 1 ( N = 326), the initial pool of items was generated based on reviewing the literature. Exploratory factor analysis supported the three-factor structure of Victim (damsel in distress), Rescuer (hero), and Persecutor (villain) roles. In Study 2 ( N = 342), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) produced satisfactory fit indices. In Study 3 ( N = 301), another CFA successfully cross-validated the final set of items. Furthermore, tests of convergent, discriminant, and criterion validities evaluated this scale against previously validated external measures of attachment styles, anxiety, stress, depression, positive emotions, and negative emotions. The drama triangle subscales tended to be associated with non-secure attachment styles and higher anxiety, stress, depression, and negative emotions, but results varied depending on the specific drama subscale. The Victim subscale was most strongly connected with undesirable outcomes, supporting the theoretical premise that Victims receive blame from Persecutors and help from Rescuers. This measurement instrument helps to conceptualize, measure, and understand the drama roles of Victim, Rescuer, and Persecutor that people enact in interpersonal relationships. The scale offers theoretical and applied implications for administration in future research on interpersonal conflict, aggression, violence, and other domains.

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“…Significant among the articles with a therapeutic perspective are, of course, those written by Dolores Munari Poda (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011), who received the 2009 Eric Berne Memorial Award for her work in developing new techniques and theory for the treatment of children. Others who provided material related to psychotherapy with children included some who focused on techniques, such as Tudor (1991) on integrating transactional analysis with gestalt for children’s groups and Conning (1998) on play therapy, and those who referred to working with external factors, such as Justice and Justice (1993) and Clarkson (1988) on child abuse, Zerin and Zerin (1997) on stress under pressure, and Goursolas Bogren (2008) on bullying. Allen and Hammond (2003) described work within an inpatient children’s psychiatric unit and provided an example of a child with Cotard’s Syndrome (a rare condition characterized by the belief that one is dead).…”

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The Transactional Analysis Proficiency Awards

Hay¹,

Widén

2015

Transactional Analysis Journal

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This article describes an ongoing, largely voluntary educational project for children and adolescents called the Transactional Analysis Proficiency Award for Children and Young People (TAPACY). Its aim is to teach transactional analysis concepts as tools that youngsters can use to increase their self-esteem and social skills. The authors review the related literature prior to explaining the ideas and philosophy behind the project and how it is expanding into related awards for teachers and educators (TAPATE), helpers and assistants (TAPAHA), and caregivers and parents (TAPACP). They describe how transactional analysis concepts can be shared as gifts, the importance of multiparty contracting, the processes from teaching through assessment to awards, the use of transactional analysis supervision, and typical examples of outcomes for the young participants.

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Child Abuse and the Law: How to Avoid Being the Abused or the Abuser

Cited by 4 publications

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The Drama Triangle: An Attempt to Resurrect a Neglected Pathogenic Model in Family Therapy Theory and Practice

The Drama Triangle: An Attempt to Resurrect a Neglected Pathogenic Model in Family Therapy Theory and Practice

Development and Validation of the Drama Triangle Scale: Are You a Victim, Rescuer, or Persecutor?

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