Parent Differentiation of Self: The Mother of Adolescent Sexual Offenders
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200824.139How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Differentiation of self, juvenile sex offender, mother
- Abstract
The number of sexually abusive cases has over the years increased tremendously, with adults as well as adolescents being the perpetrators of this inhumane act. Several factors are known to influence the emergence of weird and kinky behaviors in people, one of which is family. One essential concept of family systems theory is the ability to differentiate the individual capacity each member in order to regulate their emotional reactions and balance between intimacy and autonomy in relationships. The aim of this study is to describe parental role in differentiating their children capability, especially mothers of sexual offenders. This study made use of the qualitative method with phenomenological approach. The data were collected using an in-depth interview, while a purposive sampling technique was used to select the subjects. The results showed that the subjects were so full of their personality and showed no emotional imbalance when a problem related to other people occurs. However, the subjects showed excessive emotional reactions and difficulties in controlling emotions. Such emotional reactions eventually lead to an imbalance of self-differentiation and difficulties in responding to problems appropriately. These results suggest that emotional reactivity is the dominant factor of parent’s inability to differentiate their wards attitude. The findings could be used for family-based therapy, specifically for juvenile sexual offender.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Nila Anggreiny AU - Septi Mayang Sarry AU - Mafaza AU - Agung Rachmadi PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08/25 TI - Parent Differentiation of Self: The Mother of Adolescent Sexual Offenders BT - Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 607 EP - 611 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200824.139 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200824.139 ID - Anggreiny2020 ER -