Recovery-Promoters: Ways that Children and Mothers Support One Another’s Recoveries from Domestic Violence

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dc.contributor.authorKatz, E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-30T17:19:10Z
dc.date.available2018-10-30T17:19:10Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractBreaking with the tendency to focus on the deficits and pathologies of domestic violence victims, this article explores how children and mothers with past experiences of domestic violence may play key roles in effectively promoting one another's recoveries. Thirty participants from the UK (fifteen mothers and fifteen children) took part in qualitative, semi-structured interviews. The participants were current or former service users of organisations such as Women's Aid, and were recruited through these organisations. Only a minority of participants had accessed refuges. Data were thematically analysed using the Framework approach. The findings of the study suggest that mothers and children often require professional supports to begin recovering. However, recovery occurred not only through formal interventions; mothers and children themselves used a number of successful techniques to promote each other's long-term recoveries and well-being. These included reassuring one another about the past, present and future, rebuilding each other's confidence and self-esteem, and assisting one another to understand the past and overcome its emotional/behavioural impacts. This article discusses the ways in which formerly abused mothers and children accomplish this important recovery work, and assesses the implications for social workers and other practitioners. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationKatz, E. (2015). Recovery-Promoters: Ways that Children and Mothers Support One Another’s Recoveries from Domestic Violence. British Journal of Social Work, 45(Soppl. 1), i153–i169.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/1216/1/Katz%2C%20Emma%202015%20Recovery-Promoters%20-%20Ways%20that%20Children%20and%20Mothers%20Support%20One%20Another%E2%80%99s%20Recoveries%20from%20Domestic%20Violence%20%281%29.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4018
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBritish Journal of Social Worken_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectchild witnessen_US
dc.subjectexposure to violenceen_US
dc.subjectco-occurrenceen_US
dc.subjectpsychological effectsen_US
dc.subjectparent relationshipen_US
dc.subjecttherapyen_US
dc.subjectsupporten_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectUnited Kingdomen_US
dc.titleRecovery-Promoters: Ways that Children and Mothers Support One Another’s Recoveries from Domestic Violenceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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