RT Article
T1 The missionary syndrome
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 19
IS 1
SP 59
OP 65
A1 Sexton, Ray O.
A1 Maddock, Richard C.
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 1980
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1669223701
AB Early sexual explorations of children that are of a traumatic nature are often labeled by the child as "bad" or "wrong" and subsequently repressed. The guilt that results from the labeling may be intensified at a later date by some other similar incident, and at this time the person may make a binding commitment or promise to God to serve Him in some dutiful way. If, at a later date, these plans to serve God cannot be realized, depression, phobias, or conversion symptomatology may occur, which we have referred to as the Missionary Syndrome.
K1 Binding Commitment
K1 Sexual Exploration
K1 Similar Incident
K1 Traumatic Nature
DO 10.1007/BF00996780