Promoting resilience and wellbeing in children exposed to intimate partner violence: A qualitative study with mothers |
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| Institution: | 1. Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia;2. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia;3. Departments of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;1. Wits School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;2. Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;3. Division of HIV/AIDS, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States;4. Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England, United Kingdom;5. Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland;6. Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States;1. Lusófona University of Porto, Portugal;2. Michigan State University, United States;1. Department of Psychology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden;2. Department of Research and Development, Region Kronoberg, Växjö, Sweden;3. Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, S-221 00, Sweden;4. Department of Social and Psychological Sciences, Karlstad University, Karlstad, S-651 88, Sweden;1. University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA;2. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 633 N. St. Clair, Suite 1900, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundChildren exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) are at increased risk of disruptions to their health and development. Few studies have explored mothers’ perceptions of what helps their children cope throughout this experience.ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to explore mothers’ perceptions of their children’s resilience and coping following IPV exposure, and the strategies they have used to support their children and promote resilience.MethodsIn depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine women from the Maternal Health Study (MHS), a prospective study of women during pregnancy and following the birth of their first child. All women involved in the qualitative interviews reported experiencing IPV during their involvement in the MHS. Transcribed interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis which has a focus on how individuals make meaning of their experience.ResultsWomen discussed parenting strategies such as role modelling, stable and consistent parenting, and talking with their children about healthy relationships to promote their children’s resilience. Mothers also spoke about the ways they tried to reduce their child’s direct exposure to IPV, as well as reflecting on the difficulty of attending to their child emotionally when they were experiencing distress.ConclusionsThis study highlights that there are many strategies used by mothers who experience IPV to promote resilience and wellbeing in their children. Understanding what mothers see as useful for their children is essential in providing appropriate services to families following experiences of family violence. |
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| Keywords: | Intimate partner violence Parenting Child Resilience Qualitative |
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