Abstract
Recent findings in the clinical literature have focused on the role of the nonparticipating mother in cases of father–daughter incest. In the present investigation, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was used to study the effect of perceived betrayal by the mother on the psychopathology of the daughter victims. A 2 (recently molested adolescents vs. adults molested as children) × 2 (those who felt betrayed vs. those who did not) analysis of variance indicated that adults molested as children demonstrated more pathology than adolescents more recently molested. Significant interaction effects indicated that, contrary to the popular assumption, recently molested adolescents who perceived that their mothers did not know of the incest demonstrated more pathology than adolescents who perceived that their mothers did know. These results are discussed in relation to the therapeutic interventions suggested by such startling findings.
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