Practitioner accounts of responding to parent abuse - a case study in ad hoc delivery, perverse outcomes and a policy silence
Practitioner accounts of responding to parent abuse - a case study in ad hoc delivery, perverse outcomes and a policy silence
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00860.x
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发表时间：
2013-08-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Retford, Simon
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作者：
Holt, Amanda;Retford, Simon
虐待父母已成为一些家庭中的一个严重问题。它可能对身心健康、家庭关系和就业产生破坏性影响，并被发现与过去、现在和未来其他形式的家庭虐待和暴力有关。因此，许多从事问题家庭工作的一线从业人员经常在他们的案件中发现虐待父母的事件，但我们对他们如何应对却知之甚少。这项研究对在英格兰一个大县的一系列机构工作的九名从业者进行了深入访谈，并探讨了他们各自如何识别、概念化、解释和应对父母虐待行为。在没有关于各机构应如何应对这一问题的国家指导的情况下，本研究发现，从业者必须在没有适当资源或政策指导的情况下凑合着来帮助他们。该研究最后提出了一些改变建议，以造福那些寻求支持但目前几乎没有找到有效回应的家庭。
Parent abuse is becoming recognized as a serious problem in some families. It can have a damaging impact on physical and mental health, family relationships and employment and has been found to be implicated in other past, current and future forms of family abuse and violence. For this reason, many frontline practitioners who work with troubled families frequently find incidents of parent abuse in their caseloads, but we know little of how they respond to it. This study used in-depth interviews with nine practitioners who work in a range of agencies in one large county in England and explored how they each identify, conceptualize, explain and respond to parent abuse. In a context where there is no national guidance regarding how agencies should respond to this problem, this study finds that practitioners must make do' without appropriate resources or policy guidance to help them. The study concludes with suggestions for change for the benefit of families who seek support but who currently find little effective response.