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- Cater [Källström Cater], Åsa, 1971-, et al.
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Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence and adult mental health problems : relationships with gender and age of exposure
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Ingår i: Journal of family Violence. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0885-7482 .- 1573-2851. ; 30:7, s. 875-886
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Relatively little is known about the associations between childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and adulthood mental health problems. This study used 2,500 Swedish young adults’ retrospective self-reports to determine the prevalence of childhood exposure to IPV and examine the relationships between such exposure and gender, age of exposure and adult mental health problems. Twenty-eight percent of participants reported any childhood exposure to IPV. Exposure was more common among women, who were also younger at first exposure and exposed to more severe violence than men. Both exposure and severity of IPV were related to all mental health problems examined. The interaction of IPV exposure and gender, while significant, explained relatively little of the variance in mental health problems.
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- Cater [Källström Cater], Åsa, 1971-, et al.
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Descriptions of fathers’ care by children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) : relative neglect and children’s needs
- 2014
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Ingår i: Child & Family Social Work. - : Blackwell Publishing. - 1356-7500 .- 1365-2206. ; 19:2, s. 185-193
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The situation of children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) raises certain issues related to child neglect. Little is known about how children exposed to IPV perceive and describe their living conditions. This paper addresses this lack by analysing aspects of fathers’ care in descriptions given by children whose fathers have subjected the mothers to IPV. The analysis is based on qualitative interviews with 10 children aged 8–12 years. Three themes constitute the results. First, the fathers are not described by the children as engaged and responsible care providers. Second, in their general descriptions of how mothers and fathers fill complementary roles for the child, parenthood seems to mean in practice that the mother is the provider of (almost) everything the child may need. Third, the mere absence of violence seems to be judged ‘good-enough’ fathering in the children’s descriptions. Altogether, this leads to the conclusion that being exposed to IPV and believing that mothers are responsible for their welfare precludes children from viewing their fathers as responsible for their well-being. The limited utility for child welfare practice of a ‘child-based’ definition of neglect in cases of IPV is discussed, and alternatives are suggested.
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- Graham-Bermann, Sandra A., et al.
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Adults’ Explanations for Intimate Partner Violence During Childhood and Associated Effects
- 2017
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Ingår i: Journal of Clinical Psychology. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0021-9762 .- 1097-4679. ; 73:6, s. 652-668
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: Exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to challenge children’s optimal development. This study sought to associate participants’ beliefs about IPV held during childhood with their adjustment as adults, and to compare their beliefs from childhood to their beliefs in early adulthood.Method: A nationally representative sample of 703 Swedish young adults reported on their past and present beliefs about the causes of their parents’ IPV. Standardized measures assessed their mental health (anxiety, depression, and traumatic stress symptoms) and the quality of their relationships as adults.Results: The most common explanations for IPV were that the perpetrator suffered from physical or mental illness, had relationship problems, or was distressed. Participants were less likely to blame themselves for IPV or to believe that the perpetrator was cruel when they were adults, compared to their reports of themselves as children. Women were more likely to attribute mental or physical illness as the cause of the perpetrator’s IPV. Childhood beliefs that the perpetrator was debilitated (from mental illness or substance abuse) and cruel (took pleasure in violence and/or despised the child) were associated with greater mental health problems and poorer relationship quality in adulthood.Conclusion: Evaluation of children’s harmful beliefs about IPV could be useful in adapting intervention services aimed at ameliorating negative personal causal attributions.
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- Källström Cater, Åsa, 1971-
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Children's meaning-conciliation of their fathers' violence related to fathers and violence in general
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1404-3858 .- 1651-2340. ; 8:1, s. 41-55
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Exposure to a father's violence against the mother during childhood entails a risk for emotional and behavioral problems and for reproducing violent behavior. More knowledge about how children make sense of the contradictory aspects of fathers' violence may help us understand variations in children's reactions. This qualitative study aims to contribute to theoretical development by identifying patterns in how children can relate general conceptions of fathers to general conceptions of violence to create conciliated meaning about their own father's violence against their mother. Ten children, aged 8 to 12, were interviewed using a semistructured format. Analysis of their abstractions and generalizations of concepts crucial for meaning-conciliation resulted in the identification of three patterns of meaning: 1) acknowledging the violent father as one kind of father, 2) acknowledging the father's violent behavior as one part of his multifaceted personality, and 3) distancing violence from fathers' relative goodness. Implications of the findings for social theory and child welfare praxis are suggested.
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