Frances K Grossman
Biographic Data
| ID | 227274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frances K Grossman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frances K |
| FAMILY NAME | Grossman |
| SIGNATURE | GROSSMAN F K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Treating Adult Survivors of Childhood Emotional Abuse and Neglect
Treating adult survivors of childhood emotional abuse and neglect
This article provides the outline of a new framework for treating adult survivors of childhood emotional abuse and neglect. Component-based psychotherapy (CBP) is an evidence-informed model that bridges, synthesizes, and expands upon several existing schools, or theories, of treatment for adult survivors of traumatic stress. These include approaches to therapy that stem from more classic traditions in psychology, such as psychoanalysis, to more m…
A gale force wind
This in-depth qualitative study explores how 16 resilient male survivors of serious childhood sexual abuse, representing a range of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, made meaning from their abuse experiences. Three main types of meaning making styles were identified in the narratives: meaning making through action, using cognitive strategies, and engaging spirituality. Meaning making through action included helping others and using c…
Containing and Resisting Masculinity
Male childhood sexual abuse survivors face the same social pressures as other men to live up to the tenets of masculinity. However, they contend with a disjuncture between cultural definitions of manhood and the discordant experience of sexual victimization. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 resilient men varying in age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. The authors analyzed the men’s narratives concern…
Reflections on a Feminist Research Project
This article describes the group process in a feminist research project on resiliency in adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Memos written by members of the research team that were content analyzed independently provided the major source of data. Researchers' subjectivity, members' expectations for intimacy, and the role of power were examined. We describe how group members learned that taking the researcher's subjectivity into accou…
Constructing Fatherhood
Risk and resilience in young adolescents
Strain in the Transition to Parenthood
No abstract available for this article
Fathers and children
Adolescent mothers and their infants
Thirty adolescent mothers and their infants who had few medical and psychological difficulties showed a positive adjustment to motherhood through the first six postpartum weeks. The ego strength of the adolescents and the infants' behavioral individuality were the factors most strongly related to the quality of early mother-child interaction and attachment
Fathers and children
Risk and resilience in young adolescents
Containing and Resisting Masculinity
Male childhood sexual abuse survivors face the same social pressures as other men to live up to the tenets of masculinity. However, they contend with a disjuncture between cultural definitions of manhood and the discordant experience of sexual victimization. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 resilient men varying in age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. The authors analyzed the men’s narratives concern…
Reflections on a Feminist Research Project
This article describes the group process in a feminist research project on resiliency in adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Memos written by members of the research team that were content analyzed independently provided the major source of data. Researchers' subjectivity, members' expectations for intimacy, and the role of power were examined. We describe how group members learned that taking the researcher's subjectivity into accou…
Strain in the Transition to Parenthood
No abstract available for this article
Adolescent mothers and their infants
Thirty adolescent mothers and their infants who had few medical and psychological difficulties showed a positive adjustment to motherhood through the first six postpartum weeks. The ego strength of the adolescents and the infants' behavioral individuality were the factors most strongly related to the quality of early mother-child interaction and attachment
Strain in the Transition to Parenthood
No abstract available for this article
Fathers and children
Risk and resilience in young adolescents
Reflections on a Feminist Research Project
This article describes the group process in a feminist research project on resiliency in adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Memos written by members of the research team that were content analyzed independently provided the major source of data. Researchers' subjectivity, members' expectations for intimacy, and the role of power were examined. We describe how group members learned that taking the researcher's subjectivity into accou…
Constructing Fatherhood
Containing and Resisting Masculinity
Male childhood sexual abuse survivors face the same social pressures as other men to live up to the tenets of masculinity. However, they contend with a disjuncture between cultural definitions of manhood and the discordant experience of sexual victimization. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 resilient men varying in age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. The authors analyzed the men’s narratives concern…
A gale force wind
This in-depth qualitative study explores how 16 resilient male survivors of serious childhood sexual abuse, representing a range of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, made meaning from their abuse experiences. Three main types of meaning making styles were identified in the narratives: meaning making through action, using cognitive strategies, and engaging spirituality. Meaning making through action included helping others and using c…
Treating adult survivors of childhood emotional abuse and neglect
This article provides the outline of a new framework for treating adult survivors of childhood emotional abuse and neglect. Component-based psychotherapy (CBP) is an evidence-informed model that bridges, synthesizes, and expands upon several existing schools, or theories, of treatment for adult survivors of traumatic stress. These include approaches to therapy that stem from more classic traditions in psychology, such as psychoanalysis, to more m…
Treating Adult Survivors of Childhood Emotional Abuse and Neglect
Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)