Author: Rebecca C. Mandeville, MA
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FSA Research Is Changing the “Scapegoat Narrative”: How This Helps Survivors
Good news – My 2024 quantitative study on the insidious phenomenon I named ‘Family Scapegoating Abuse’ (FSA), co-authored with Dr. Kartheek R. Balapala and his team of research scholars, has just been accepted for publication in the Malaysian Journal of Medical Research. This follows this same study’s previous publication in the European Journal of Public…
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Critical Research Findings That Affirm the Reality of Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) Survivors
The field of trauma and family systems theory has reached a critical inflection point, which has in part been driven by the quantitative evidence emerging on the insidious systemic phenomenon I named Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA). This post serves to consolidate and present the key findings from FSA research studies to date conducted by Family…
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Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) Education Has Moved to Substack!
Hi everyone, It’s been a long time since I’ve written to you from this Scapegoat Recovery WordPress site. Last year, my entire Subscriber list disappeared from my WordPress site – This was related to a plugin I was using at WordPress’s recommendation. I therefore moved my Newsletter over to Substack last June, but couldn’t notify…
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First Peer-Reviewed Quantitative Research Study Published on Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA)
The first peer-reviewed quantitative research study on Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) will soon be published – Rebecca C Mandeville will be named as co-author / affiliate on this publication. The study was based on her original research tools that she developed when conducting qualitative studies over the past 15-plus years on the family systems phenomenon she named ‘Family Scapegoating…
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What Happens When We Weaponize the Term ‘Narcissist’
Navigating life after abuse can be a minefield for adult survivors, where every hurtful encounter might trigger memories of past trauma. In recent years, there’s been a notable trend among survivors engaging on social media and online support forums to quickly label those who cause them harm as narcissists. While this reaction may stem from…