A relational psychoanalytic exploration of the intergenerational transmission of trauma from mothers to their adult children

This dissertation aims to investigate and describe the inter-generational transmission of trauma from mothers with a history of interpersonal trauma to their adult children, in the context of the relationship between mother and child. Through this the research aims to articulate the conscious and unconscious relational and intra-psychic processes by which trauma is transmitted from mothers to their adult children.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Bradfield, Bruce Christopher

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10238

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10238