Balancing between caregiving and professionalism—Women's narratives on fostering a victim of maternal sexual abuse

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dc.contributor.authorWubs, D., Batstra, L., & Grietens, H.
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-26T17:51:57Z
dc.date.available2018-07-26T17:51:57Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe impact of sexual abuse on children is enormous, particularly when a child is abused sexually by a mother figure. In order to gain insight into the experiences of this rarely studied group, the life stories of four foster mothers of victims of maternal sexual abuse were collected. The narratives were coded inductively, and several topics concerning foster motherhood were studied more in‐depth. Four key themes emerged in the women's narratives: their attitude towards the abusing female, the foster child's sexual behaviour towards the foster mother, the emotional and physical distance of the foster mothers towards their foster child, and lastly, their sense of responsibility. The four foster mothers continuously balance between fostering their foster child as a parent and responding as a professional caregiver. The consequences of being a foster mother of a victim of maternal sexual abuse should be more socially acknowledged.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWubs, D., Batstra, L., & Grietens, H. (2018). Balancing between caregiving and professionalism—Women's narratives on fostering a victim of maternal sexual abuse. Child & Family Social Work.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/cfs.12597
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3890
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherChild & Family Social Worken_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectfoster careen_US
dc.subjectnarrative researchen_US
dc.subjectparental identityen_US
dc.subjectprofessional identityen_US
dc.titleBalancing between caregiving and professionalism—Women's narratives on fostering a victim of maternal sexual abuseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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