Adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse: Parents' management of tension and ambiguity — an interpretative phenomenological analysis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse: Parents' management of tension and ambiguity — an interpretative phenomenological analysis

AU - Clarke, Kerry

AU - Holt, Amanda

AU - Norris, Claire

AU - Nel, Peter

N1 - © 2017. The attached document (embargoed until 23/03/2019) is an author produced version of a paper published in/accepted for publication in Child and Family Social Work, uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cfs.12363/abstract. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it.

PY - 2017/3/23

Y1 - 2017/3/23

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1111/cfs.12363

DO - 10.1111/cfs.12363

M3 - Article

SN - 1365-2206

JO - Child and Family Social Work

JF - Child and Family Social Work

ER -