Emotional experiences of incestuous fathers : a social constructionist investigation

Van Niekerk, Wilhelmina Johanna

dc.contributor.advisor	Baloyi, L. J.	en
dc.contributor.author	Van Niekerk, Wilhelmina Johanna	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:47:58Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:47:58Z
dc.date.issued	2005-09-30
dc.date.submitted	2005-09-30	en
dc.identifier.citation	Van Niekerk, Wilhelmina Johanna (2005) Emotional experiences of incestuous fathers : a social constructionist investigation, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/928>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/928
dc.description.abstract	This study aimed to relate the emotions of two fathers regarding their incestuous behaviour. The epistemological framework is social constructionism. The `case-study approach' was chosen as the most suitable method to gain access to the information. Qualitative in-depth interviews with the fathers were conducted to collect data about their emotional experiences regarding their incestuous behaviour and Hermeneutics was used as method of data analysis. The emotional experiences of the participants regarding their incestuous behaviour were reconstructed in the form of prominent themes. Themes that seemed to re-occur in both participants' stories were identified and discussed as common themes. These themes included; ambivalence, powerlessness and guilt. This study provides a rich understanding of the emotional experiences of incestuous fathers. These experiences seem to be unstated or insufficiently emphasised in the traditional empirical, cause and effect, linear modernist literature.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (xii, 241 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Social constructionism	en
dc.subject	Research methodology	en
dc.subject	Qualitative research	en
dc.subject	Purposive sampling	en
dc.subject	Powerlessness	en
dc.subject	Postmodernism	en
dc.subject	Modernism	en
dc.subject	Incest	en
dc.subject	Hermeneutics	en
dc.subject	Guilt	en
dc.subject	Criterion-based sampling	en
dc.subject	Ambivalence	en
dc.subject	Case study	en
dc.subject	Constructivism	en
dc.subject.ddc	362.760968
dc.subject.lcsh	Incest -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh	Emotional incest -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh	Incest offenders -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh	Fathers and sons -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh	Fathers and daughters -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh	Psychotherapist and patient -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Personal construct theory -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Hermeneutics
dc.subject.lcsh	Constructivism (Psychology) -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Ambivalence -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Guilt -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh	Child sexual abuse -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.title	Emotional experiences of incestuous fathers : a social constructionist investigation	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Psychology	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Clinical Psychology)	en