Young Person–to–Mother Violence
An Integrative Review of Evidence from Australia and New Zealand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11958208 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allison Peck (0000-0002-4892-1023, Southern Cross University, corresponding author), Mary Hutchinson (0000-0003-0025-2681, Southern Cross University), Steve Provost (0000-0002-3337-5402, Southern Cross University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-258 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0312407x.2021.1887307 |
| OpenAlex | W3139199208 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 28 |
Mothers are consistently reported as a victim of violence or abuse from a child at higher rates than fathers. Despite this, the safety implications and impact this violence has on mothers continue to be obscured within research and policy frameworks, due to a generic focus being placed on “parents” as victims. This review employed a mixed-methods integrative review methodology to examine Australian and New Zealand research relating to young persons’ violence towards their mother. Six themes were extracted, which included mothers being the common target of violence from a child; mothers experiencing both partner and child domestic violence victimisation; mothers experiencing blame, maternal guilt and loyalty; access to formal support; mothers being responsible for arranging treatment for their abusive child; and mothers contacting the police as a last resort. The findings highlight a need for further research examining the pathways to violence utilising multiagency, longitudinal data for both a mother and her child.IMPLICATIONS Clearly labelling a young person’s violence towards their mother may help break down the shame, guilt and fear mothers report and their reluctance to seek help.Early intervention programs, one of which has a clear joint mother-and-child focus and others which have separate mother and child foci, are needed.Multidisciplinary research that incorporates information and experiences of mothers and children across multiple longitudinal data sources is needed to examine trajectories towards violence and impacts for both mothers and their children
Abusive relationship · Blame · Child abuse · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Focus group · Intervention (counseling · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Shame · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Victimisation · Child Abuse and Trauma · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Sixty years of child-to-parent abuse research
Risk factor models for adolescent verbal and physical aggression toward mothers
The impact of exposure to domestic violence on children and young people
The integrative review
Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse as a Form of “Domestic Violence”
Characteristics of adolescent violence towards parents – a Rapid Evidence Assessment
Adolescent to Parent Abuse
Is Parent Abuse a Form of Domestic Violence
Broadening constructions of family violence
The terrorist in my home’
Practitioner accounts of responding to parent abuse – a case study in ad hoc delivery, perverse outcomes and a policy silence
It's like he just goes off, Boom!”
Living in the red zone
Adolescent to parent violence
Dark Side of the Mothering Role
Mother Abuse
Readiness to Change
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |