Attentive Surveillance: A Preliminary Study of Prioritizing Mothering Standards in the Face of Intimate Partner Violence

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• 作者：Kelly M. Bentley
• 关键词：Intimate partner violence ; Violent relationships ; Domestic violence ; Mothering ; Qualitative research ; Turning points ; Monitoring
• 刊名：Journal of Family Violence
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：32
• 期：1
• 页码：39-46
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• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Quality of Life Research; Clinical Psychology; Law and Psychology; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general; Psychotherapy and Counseling;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-2851
• 卷排序：32

文摘

A retrospective qualitative constant comparative analysis of the stories of English speaking women (N==22) who mothered children age 6 or under, while experiencing abuse at the hands of a male partner, was conducted. The emergent theory of Attentive Surveillance (AS), a vital, proactive, complex process of monitoring and prioritizing, was identified. Two non-linear and interrelated stages emerged. One, Understanding Circumstances (UC) is a gradual increase of awareness that the family environment and a woman’s ability to achieve her mothering standards are affected by her partner’s behavior. The second stage, Prioritizing Standards (PS), is a deliberate or a subconscious balancing act of assessing needs, adapting, and ranking mothering standards while still mothering as close to the original standards as possible. Recommendations for professionals, based on AS, in supporting mothers existing capacities to foster mother-child relationships and healthy child outcomes in the context of intimate partner violence are provided.