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Adolescent‐to‐parent violence and abuse

Parents' management of tension and ambiguity—an interpretative phenomenological analysis

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ID12570972
AuthorsKerry Clarke (0000-0002-9983-4659, School of Life and Medical Sciences University of Hertfordshire Hatfield UK, corresponding author), Amanda Holt (0000-0002-9687-7717, Department of Social Sciences University of Roehampton London UK), Clare Norris (Family Safeguarding Hertfordshire County Council Hertford UK), Pieter W Nel (0000-0003-1755-2031, School of Life and Medical Sciences University of Hertfordshire Hatfield UK)
Year2017
Volume22
Issue4
Pages1423-1430
Publication date2017-03-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild & Family Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cfs.12363
OpenAlexW2600490386
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited29

Adolescent violence and abuse towards parents is under researched, especially in the UK where reports of the phenomenon are increasing with little clear guidance as to how practitioners might respond. In this qualitative study, 6 parents were recruited through youth offending teams and were interviewed about their lived experiences of violence and/or abuse from their adolescent child. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, 3 superordinate themes emerged (a) the tensions and (b) the ambiguities produced by living with the violence and abuse and (c) the ways that parents manage the harms caused by these tensions and ambiguities. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed, including consideration of how practitioners might support parents who are living with adolescent‐to‐parent violence and abuse to establish healthy and sustainable coping strategies while repairing family relationships

Ambiguity · Child abuse · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Medical emergency · Poison control · Qualitative research · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Superordinate goals · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citation span2021 - 2025 (5)
Highly citedNo

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