Interactional Cornmaanmication Patterns in Father/Daughter Incest Families

Abstract

This paper focuses on a broad spectrum of interactional communication patterns in fatherldaughter incest families. "Live communications" were analyzed using Lorna Benjamin's Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASE!) circum lex model. Incest familiesy communications were compared to familes who had daughters classified as 0 positional and to Nonclinical families. In light of current research t R e study examined the concepts of mother1 daughter role-reversal, controlling incest fathers, and conflictual motherldaughter relationships. Implications of the findings as applied to treatment are discussed.