Growing Up at Centrepoint: Retrospective Accounts of Childhood Spent at an Intentional Community

Autor/inn/en	Gibson, Kerry; Morgan, Mandy; Woolley, Cheryl; Powis, Tracey
Titel	Growing Up at Centrepoint: Retrospective Accounts of Childhood Spent at an Intentional Community
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 20 (2011) 4, S.413-434 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8712
Schlagwörter	Recreational Activities; Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse; Drug Abuse; Foreign Countries; Psychology; Communication Skills; Child Neglect; Child Rearing; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Community; Parent Child Relationship; Peer Relationship; Discipline; Sexuality; Social Environment; Rape; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freizeitgestaltung; Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Psychologie; Kommunikationsstil; Kindesvernachlässigung; Kindererziehung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Disziplin; Sexualität; Soziales Umfeld; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Neuseeland
Abstract	A qualitative analysis of the accounts of 29 adults who grew up in a controversial New Zealand community identified positive and negative experiences and their psychological implications. In addition to highly publicized child sexual abuse that occurred at Centrepoint, children also experienced parental neglect, psychological manipulation, illegal drug use and stigma from the broader society. These factors created an adverse matrix that facilitated sexual abuse. Positive experiences included support for vulnerable families and children, recreational activities, and the opportunity to develop communication skills. While there may be positive experiences for children living in intentional communities such as this one, it is important to be aware of the potential for psychological harm to children in communities with powerful, shared systems of belief, skepticism about the broader society, and strong dynamics of dependence. These findings may have implications for other similar communities operating elsewhere in the world. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10