The impact of violence on mothers’ and children’s needs during and after parental separation

McInnes, Elspeth

doi:10.1080/0300443032000153417

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“…In line with the DAIP's (2013) post-separation power and control model, using the children to maintain or regain power and control post-separation was a very common tactic identified in the narratives because, like the women in Jaffe and colleagues' (2003) study, the women in our study believed their former husbands were going after what meant the most to these mothers. Consistent with previous research, the women in our study felt their former husbands used their children to control them by threatening to take them (e.g., Hardesty & Ganong, 2006;Hayes, 2012;Jaffe et al, 2003;Rivera et al, 2012) or using them to gain access to her (Hardesty et al, 2008;Jaffe et al, 2003;McInnes, 2007;Zeoli et al, 2013). Although not as frequently mentioned in our study compared with others (Hardesty & Ganong, 2006;Rivera et al, 2012), a few women shared that their former husbands abused their children.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Our narratives also support the idea that physical violence tends to decrease because access to their former wives decreases. In addition, almost all physical violence that occurred did so during visitation, a finding supported by previous research (Hardesty et al, 2008;Jaffe et al, 2003;McInnes, 2007;Zeoli et al, 2013).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

“…Another explanation is that physical violence requires access to the victim, which tends to be limited to visitation once the divorce is finalized. However, visitation allows the former husband the access needed to physically abuse the mother; a finding supported by previous researchers (Hardesty et al, 2008;Jaffe et al, 2003;McInnes, 2007;Zeoli et al, 2013).…”

Section: Physical Violencesupporting

confidence: 67%

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“I Was Naive in Thinking, ‘I Divorced This Man, He Is Out of My Life’”: A Qualitative Exploration of Post-Separation Power and Control Tactics Experienced by Women

Toews

Bermea

2015

J Interpers Violence

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The purpose of this study was to explore women's perceptions of the power and control tactics used by their former husbands post-separation. A total of 22 in-depth interviews with divorced mothers who reported male-initiated partner abuse (psychological and/or physical) during and/or after their marriages were analyzed. The most common themes to emerge from the narratives were, in order of prevalence, as follows: Using the Children; Using Threats, Harassment, and Intimidation; Emotional Abuse; Economic Abuse; "Stuff to Try to Hurt Me"; Disrupting Her Relationships With the Children; Using the System; and Physical Violence. We also found that the violent and coercive behaviors men used during the marriage continued to influence the women's perceptions of the power and control their former husbands had over them post-separation. As a result, many of the women described how they gave up everything just to get out of their abusive marriages.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

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confidence: 81%

Section: Physical Violencesupporting

confidence: 67%

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“I Was Naive in Thinking, ‘I Divorced This Man, He Is Out of My Life’”: A Qualitative Exploration of Post-Separation Power and Control Tactics Experienced by Women

Toews

Bermea

2015

J Interpers Violence

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“…Women might also be able to flee, leaving the circumstances either permanently or temporarily, as over 10 studies showed ( n = 12). These studies showed that leaving the situation of violence with one’s children may become a central task of parenting (Kelly, 2009; McInnes, 2004). Even when parents cannot escape the violence, they may physically or emotionally isolate themselves and their children, mandating the children go to their rooms, for example (Haight et al, 2007; Pels et al, 2015).…”

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What Do We Know After Decades of Research About Parenting and IPV? A Systematic Scoping Review Integrating Findings

Sousa

Siddiqi

Bogue

2021

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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This systematic scoping literature review synthesizes scholarship about intimate partner violence (IPV) and parenting into a conceptual model. We integrate findings from across 136 studies. To be included, studies had to consider how IPV influenced one’s parenting and/or how parents responded to the violence they encountered in terms of their practices related to their children. Studies had to be peer-reviewed, empirical articles, done using quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods, and published in English. There were no limits on the dates or locations of studies. Using these predetermined criteria, authors screened over 6,000 articles, finally selecting 136 studies to be coded and analyzed. Results demonstrate IPV undermines maternal well-being and parenting practices. Our findings also highlight multiple ways that mothers struggle to realize the complex tasks of parenting within IPV, including through emotional coping, action-based coping, and social support. By systematically bringing together and analyzing existing data on the topic, this study helps build the knowledge base around how women facing IPV plan for physical and psychological safety of themselves and their children. IOur synthesis of the literature helps expand theoretical frameworks, and stregthen prevention practices and policies so they reflect both the suffering and the resilience of mothers who grapple with IPV. Our review draws attention to the need to focus interventions on promoting the mental health and parenting self-efficacy of mothers who suffer from the direct effects of IPV and its attacks on their mental health and parental role.

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“…Relationship breakdown and couple separation presents a critical period in the family violence cycle. Parental separation rarely means an end to violence since, for women in abusive relationships, the separation phase is the time of greatest risk of partner violence and homicide [ 46 - 48 ]. An analysis of Family Court of Australia cases found that violence was a factor in 75% of judicially determined cases [ 49 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Efficacy of family mediation and the role of family violence: study protocol

Cleak

Schofield

Bickerdike³

2014

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundFamily law reforms in Australia require separated parents in dispute to attempt mandatory family dispute resolution (FDR) in community-based family services before court attendance. However, there are concerns about such services when clients present with a history of high conflict and family violence. This study protocol describes a longitudinal study of couples presenting for family mediation services. The study aims to describe the profile of family mediation clients, including type of family violence, and determine the impact of violence profiles on FDR processes and outcomes, such as the type and durability of shared parenting arrangements and clients’ satisfaction with mediated agreements.MethodsA mixed method, naturalistic longitudinal design is used. The sampling frame is clients presenting at nine family mediation centres across metropolitan, outer suburban, and regional/rural sites in Victoria, Australia. Data are collected at pre-test, completion of mediation, and six months later. Self-administered surveys are administered at the three time points, and a telephone interview at the final post-test. The key study variable is family violence. Key outcome measures are changes in the type and level of acrimony and violent behaviours, the relationship between violence and mediated agreements, the durability of agreements over six months, and client satisfaction with mediation.DiscussionFamily violence is a major risk to the physical and mental health of women and children. This study will inform debates about the role of family violence and how to manage it in the family mediation context. It will also inform decision-making about mediation practices by better understanding how mediation impacts on parenting agreements, and the implications for children, especially in the context of family violence.

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The impact of violence on mothers’ and children’s needs during and after parental separation

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

“I Was Naive in Thinking, ‘I Divorced This Man, He Is Out of My Life’”: A Qualitative Exploration of Post-Separation Power and Control Tactics Experienced by Women

“I Was Naive in Thinking, ‘I Divorced This Man, He Is Out of My Life’”: A Qualitative Exploration of Post-Separation Power and Control Tactics Experienced by Women

What Do We Know After Decades of Research About Parenting and IPV? A Systematic Scoping Review Integrating Findings

Efficacy of family mediation and the role of family violence: study protocol

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