Campo, M., Fehlberg, B., Natalier, K., & Smyth, B. (2020). Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. DOI: 10.1080/09649069.2020.1796218
ABSTRACT This paper explores 68 Australian children and young people’s understandings of what ‘home’ means for them after their parents’ separation. Home – a familiar yet complex concept of great personal and social significance – has been a research focus for many other disciplines but not family law. We found that home, as an idea and lived experience, was complex. Children and young people’s descriptions of home conveyed an interaction of tangible and intangible dimensions. Home was rarely defined by children and young people solely in terms of a physical residence; rather it was a fundamentally relational idea and experience, largely created through everyday interactions with significant others. Our study suggests that home is not simply the outcome of conforming to a defined list of ‘good’ post-separation parenting practices, or dependent on the amount of time spent at each parent’s residence: it has an existential significance for children and young people that matters deeply to them. Request a copy here: THE MEANING OF 'HOME' TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AFTER PARENTAL SEPARATION | Bruce M Smyth | 7 updates | 1 publications | Research Project (researchgate.net)
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M. Edhborg, H-E-Nasreen, & Z. Nahar Kabir (2020). Journal of Interpersonal VIolence, 35 (21-22), 4779-4795. DOI: 10.1177/0886260617717489
Abstract Intimate partner violence (IPV) during the first year postpartum is common in Bangladesh, and many infants are exposed to hostile and aggressive environment. The aim of the current study was to investigate how IPV (physical, emotional, and sexual) impacts on the mother’s perception of her infant’s temperament 6 to 8 months postpartum, and whether maternal depressive symptom at 6 to 8 months postpartum is a mediator in this association. A total of 656 rural Bangladeshi women and their children 6 to 8 months postpartum were included in this study. Data were collected by structured interviews. The women were asked about physical, sexual, and emotional IPV; depressive symptoms (Edinburgh Postnatal Depressive Symptoms [EPDS]); and their perception of infant temperament assessed by the Infant Characteristic Questionnaire (ICQ). Descriptive analyses were conducted for prevalence of IPV and maternal depressive symptoms. Mediation analysis was conducted with a series of linear regressions with types of IPV as independent variables, ICQ including its subscales as dependent variables and maternal depressive symptoms as potential mediator. All the analyses were adjusted for the woman’s and her husband’s ages and number of children of the couple. Nearly 90% of the mothers reported some kind of IPV at 6 to 8 months postpartum. All types of IPV were directly associated with the mother’s perception of her infant as unadaptable. Maternal depressive symptom was a mediating factor between physical IPV and the ICQ subscales fussy-difficult and unpredictable. In addition, depressive symptoms mediated between sexual and emotional IPV, and the mother’s perception of the infant as unpredictable. The results showed that IPV influenced how mothers perceived their infant’s temperament. It is important that health care professionals at maternal and child health services enquire about IPV with possibilities to refer the family or the mother and infant for appropriate support. Request a copy of the full article here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318294220_Impact_of_Intimate_Partner_Violence_on_Infant_Temperament Tubbs, C. (2010). African American women's perspectives of shared parenting after dissolution of a violent relationship. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 22, 130-152. DOI: 10.1080/08952831003787875
Abstract This study examined the perspectives of women who engaged in shared parenting with an estranged partner after dissolution of a violent relationship. Focus group data from five African American women were analyzed using content analysis. Findings indicated that new types of awareness emerged over time consistent with transitions in personal narratives, roles, and systemic changes. Notable shifts in participants’ perceptions of the role that violence played in their lives occurred as children matured. Implications of these shifts on the conceptualization of shared parenting interventions are examined. Request a copy of the article here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/244886660_African_American_Women%27s_Perspectives_of_Shared_Parenting_After_Dissolution_of_a_Violent_Relationshipwww.researchgate.net/publication/244886660_African_American_Women%27s_Perspectives_of_Shared_Parenting_After_Dissolution_of_a_Violent_Relationship Lannert, B. K., Garcia, A., Smagur, K. E., Yalch, M. M., Levendosky, A., Bogat, G. A., & Lonstein, J. (2014). Relational trauma in the context of intimate partner violence. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(12), 1966-1975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.10.002
Abstract The relational model of trauma (Scheeringa & Zeanah, 2001) proposes that infants’ trauma symptoms may be influenced by their mothers’ trauma symptoms and disruptions in caregiving behavior, although the mechanisms by which this occurs are less well understood. In this research, we examined the direct and indirect effects of a traumatic event (maternal intimate partner violence [IPV]), maternal trauma symptoms, and impaired (harsh and neglectful) parenting on infant trauma symptoms in a sample of mother–infant dyads (N = 182) using structural equation modeling. Mothers completed questionnaires on IPV experienced during pregnancy and the child’s first year of life, their past-month trauma symptoms, their child’s past-month trauma symptoms, and their parenting behaviors. Results indicated that the effects of prenatal IPV on infant trauma symptoms were partially mediated by maternal trauma symptoms, and the relationship between maternal and infant trauma symptoms was fully mediated by neglectful parenting. Postnatal IPV did not affect maternal or infant trauma symptoms. Findings support the application of the relational model to IPV-exposed mother–infant dyads, with regard to IPV experienced during pregnancy, and help identify potential foci of intervention for professionals working with mothers and children. Download the full article here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267634725_Relational_trauma_in_the_context_of_intimate_partner_violencewww.researchgate.net/publication/267634725_Relational_trauma_in_the_context_of_intimate_partner_violence Bruckert, C., & Law, T. (2018). University of Toronto Press
From the introduction: This book endeavours to develop a more holistic understanding of gendered violence by elaborating on the connections between the violence women experience and the historical, social, discursive, and legal contexts in which it unfolds. To that end, an intersectional and interdisciplinary approach employing concepts from diverse theoretical traditions and drawing on a range of disciplines, including criminology, history, sociology, political science, legal studies, economics, critical race studies, and, of course, gender studies, is used. Order a copy of the book here: https://utorontopress.com/ca/women-and-gendered-violence-in-canada-2#:~:text=Women%20and%20Gendered%20Violence%20in%20Canada%3A%20An%20Intersectional,an%20issue%20of%20interpersonal%20violence%20perpetuated%20by%20men. Ahlfs-Dunn, S. M., & Huth-Bocks, A. C. (2014). Infant Mental Health Journal, 35(4), 322-335.
Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on infant regulatory difficulties at 3 months of age and infant socioemotional problems at 12 months of age. Maternal trauma symptoms were explored as potential moderators of these associations. Participants included 120 primarily low-income, ethnically diverse women and their infants. Results revealed that infants whose mothers experienced IPV during pregnancy did not have significantly more regulatory difficulties at 3 months than did infants whose mothers did not experience prenatal IPV. However, infants whose mothers experienced IPV during the first year after birth displayed significantly more socioemotional problems at 12 months, as evidenced by both maternal report and observational data. Furthermore, maternal posttraumatic stress avoidance symptoms served as a moderator of the association between prenatal IPV and infant regulatory difficulties at 3 months whereas maternal posttraumatic stress hyperarousal and reexperiencing symptoms served as moderators of the association between IPV during the first year after birth and infant socioemotional problems at 12 months. The findings highlight the detrimental impact that IPV can have on very young children and the importance of maternal trauma symptoms as a context for understanding the effect of IPV on young children’s functioning. Request the full text here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263808148_Intimate_partner_violence_and_infant_socioemotional_development_The_moderating_effects_of_maternal_trauma_symptomswww.researchgate.net/publication/263808148_Intimate_partner_violence_and_infant_socioemotional_development_The_moderating_effects_of_maternal_trauma_symptoms |
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