The invisible violence. The denial of relational trauma and its consequences in early childhood

Journal title INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAUMA STUDIES
Author/s Miriam Guttuso, Aluette Merenda
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/1 Language Italian
Pages 7 P. 113-119 File size 168 KB
DOI 10.3280/IJM2016-001012
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The paper presents a theoretical analysis on the effects of the denial of childhood relational traumatic experiences. The lack of recognition of prolonged and repeated trauma and the chronic refusal to acknowledge cumulative neglect events have a direct dissociative effect on the malleable identity of a child (Bifulco e Moran, 1998) as well as on his ability to make relationships of trust (van der Kolk et al., 2007). An higher presence of trauma exposure measures to assess these types of trauma a child has been exposed to, or the degree of severity of the traumatic event experienced, could allow to prevent the stabilization of symptoms in the clinical settings (Liotti e Farina, 2011).

Keywords: Childhood, relational trauma, denial impact.

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Miriam Guttuso, Aluette Merenda, La violenza invisibile. La negazione del trauma relazionale e le sue conseguenze nella prima infanzia in "INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAUMA STUDIES" 1/2016, pp 113-119, DOI: 10.3280/IJM2016-001012