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betrayal trauma: a standalone construct

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Clinical psychology

trauma inflicted by someone the victim depends on, which can push the victim to stay unaware of the betrayal in order to preserve the attachment.

In clinical psychology, betrayal trauma refers to trauma inflicted by someone the victim depends on, which can push the victim to stay unaware of the betrayal in order to preserve the attachment. This meaning comes from Freyd (1994) in Ethics & Behavior.[1]

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Freyd, J. J. (1994). Betrayal Trauma: Traumatic Amnesia as an Adaptive Response to Childhood Abuse. Ethics & Behavior, 4(4), 307-329. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327019eb0404_1

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