The image of the family among the victims of rape in Algeria

Authors

  • Houda Bouzidi University of Mostaganem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/2282-1619/2018.6.1803

Abstract

Post-traumatic clinic research showed that a highly traumatic event, such as rape, is able to upset the balance of the victim and her family. Indeed, as a result of rape, feeling like the shame, the guilt and the inability to cope with the each other’s gaze arise among families of the victims, particularly in some cultural contexts as is the case in Algeria. We recorded attitudes as the refusal and family abandonment among families of the victims, which made them more vulnerable and urged them to develop a chronic PTSD. It seems, in fact, that the negative attitudes of families are the cause of great suffering for the victims.  This is the finding that we made during our clinical work with a dozen victims of rape in Algeria.

In this article, I try to identify and analyze, through the dreamlike stories provided by only three of these victims, in our clinical meetings, the multi-faceted or even images related to the representation of the family circle in the context of trauma.

                                                                            

Keywords: Rape, Victim, Family, Algerian Girl, Dream, Speech, Clinical Interview.

 

Author Biography

  • Houda Bouzidi, University of Mostaganem
    Ouest

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Published

27-04-2018

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Clinical Psychology

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