Sibling Abuse: Hidden Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Trauma

By Vernon R. Wiehe

Book Overview

With increased media attention, issues of family violence have been steadily moving out of the shadows and into the arenas of research, prevention, intervention, and public awareness. However, sibling abuse largely unrecognized and unaddressed remains behind the closed doors of "family privacy." Often excused by parents as "kids will be kids" behavior, the symptoms of this form of abuse go undetected and its devastating effects on the victim are ignored. Sibling Abuse, Second Edition provides insight into this form of abuse and carefully describes the range of abusive behaviors perpetrated among siblings. Along with personal accounts by adult survivors, this completely updated book describes appropriate steps for parents to take in order to evaluate and respond to their children s abusive interactions. A new chapter on current techniques of assessment and treatment also helps therapists or counselors work to end this problem. Lively yet reinforced by the latest research, Sibling Abuse, Second Edition offers comprehensive coverage of a subject not reflected much in the literature yet. Written for human services professionals, Wiehe s book will also make an excellent supplement for advanced students in social work, sociology, psychology, nursing, education, and family studies. Parents may also want to inform themselves by reading this book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761910093
• ISBN13: 9780761910091
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for professionals and survivors

This book is a compendium of scholarly factual information rendered sensitively by someone who knows the truth about sibling abuse, both assault and incest. I highly recommend it to anyone seeking information about the subject, and especially for those seeking validation of their experiences, which is hard to come by in families affected by abuse or from peers who discount it.

Required for all Sibling Incest Survivors

As the survivor of over 15 years of sibling sexual abuse, this book was a godsend. For the first time, sibling incest was legitimized and shown to be just as damaging, if not more so, than parent/child incest. Very supportive and helpful.

Good but kowtows to feminist dogma

This is an excellent book about this subject, which is admittedly a very difficult one to discuss. Unfortunately, the author felt obligated at one point to couch the discussion in terms of men's supposed need to control women -- despite the fact that many of the abusive siblings were female. One gets the impression that the author was forced to do this by an feminist editor or as the result of pressure from academic colleagues. He even cites Straus, Gelles & Steinmetz, without mentioning that their research confirmed that wives are as violent as husbands. What's interesting about this is that anyone who's been around feminist academics can't possibly be blind to the fact that women can be incredibly controlling and are capable of all kinds of interesting revenge when thwarted.