Download or read book An Exploration of Relational Patterns of Mothers and Their Children Exposed to Domestic Violence and Observed Changes Following Group Attachment Based Intervention GABI written by Adella Nikitiades and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mothering Babies in Domestic Violence written by Fiona Buchanan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book offers an innovative feminist critique of attachment theory that offers an alternative understanding of relationships between women and their babies in domestic violence. Fiona Buchanan identifies a way forward for working with women, babies and people who have grown up with domestic violence focusing on strengths not deficits. In doing so, she raises new possibilities for work with women and babies in other situations where trauma impacts on their relationships. In line with feminist traditions of listening to the voices of women, this book theorizes from research which asks women who birthed and mothered babies in domestic violence about their experiences. The research identifies that women respond with protectiveness when faced with sustained hostility from their partners and protected their babies in many ways not recognised by attachment theorists. However, sustained hostility often targets the growing relationship between women and their babies and limits space for the woman and baby to peacefully relate. This book offers deep insights and a new model for working with women, babies and those who have grown up with violence based on understanding the context of sustained hostility, appreciating women’s protectiveness and expanding space where women and babies can relate. The author calls for practitioners across health and welfare settings to explore the situations in which women mother; women’s protective thoughts feelings and actions and how they find space to relate. This is the ideal resource for researchers, policy makers and practitioners, as well as women and people who grew up with domestic violence.

Download or read book An Attachment Based Group Intervention written by Shannon Dillon and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mixed method study aimed to understand and describe the effectiveness of an intervention and the experiences of mothers raising their children in a transitional living home. This was achieved through interviewing four mothers in Gilead House. Initially, participants completed the Depression, Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS-21), the Trauma History Screening (THS), the Adolescent Adult Parenting Inventory-2 (AAPI-2) and a demographics form. The first interview was also completed. Interview questions were based on the Working Model of the Child Interview (WCMI). Following this time 1 meeting an attachment-based group intervention was utilized for eight weeks. This intervention was based on the Connect Parent Group. Following the intervention each participant completed an exit interview consisting of the AAPI-2 and an interview with the same questions from time 1. Mothers raising their children following homelessness and financial instability are more likely to face additional attachment and mentalization based challenges in their relationships with their children. A sample of four mothers living in transitional housing with their children participated in an attachment-based group intervention with the hope that mothers will express more positive perceptions of their parenting abilities, more appropriate expectations and attitudes about their children0́9s behavior, and express an overall improvement in their relationship with their child(ren). Quantitative results suggest one significant change in the category of Parental Empathy toward Children0́9s Needs in the reverse order as was predicted, that is mothers endorsed less empathic attitudes following the intervention. However, Interpretative phenomenological Analysis results indicate that mothers endorsed feelings of progress and confidence regarding parenting, were more reflective and sensitive about their children0́9s experiences and felt more empowered in themselves following the intervention. The results of the quantitative and qualitative studies signify participants were able to tolerate a more honest appraisal of self and other the intervention. Implications of the findings and future research are discussed.

Download or read book Intergenerational Cycles of Trauma and Violence An Attachment and Family Systems Perspective written by Pamela C. Alexander and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the conditions under which children, as a function of their own abuse, become abusive themselves. That experiences from childhood affect our behavior in adulthood, especially in the ways we treat our children and intimate partners, is generally accepted. Indeed, theories of intergenerational transmission of violence indicate that if we ourselves have been abused and neglected as children, we will likely be abusive and neglectful to others close to us—thus extending the cycle across generations. However, many individuals who were maltreated as children do not replicate this cycle, and such models make little sense of the individual raised in a “good family” who is violent either as a child or as an adult. These discontinuities of cycles of violence and trauma have challenged professionals and nonprofessionals alike. However, broadening our vision and attending to new areas of research can help to illuminate this conundrum and open up new avenues of intervention. In this book, Pamela Alexander does just that. She proposes that an increased risk for abusive behavior or revictimization, as a function of one’s own experiences of abuse or trauma in childhood, can best be understood through the complementary lenses of attachment theory (focusing on the relationship between the child and the caregiver) and family systems theory (focusing on the larger context of this relationship). That is, what a child acquires from her relationship with a caregiver is not simply a reflection of what she has “learned” from experiencing or witnessing abuse. Rather, it emerges from the child’s felt experience of the relationship itself—on implicit emotional, physical, and neurobiological levels. Alexander founds the book on this multifaceted parent–child attachment relationship and its place in the wider family system, integrating clinical experience with close attention to the long-term neurobiological and epigenetic effects of trauma. She focuses on common outcomes of a history of maltreatment, and of child sexual abuse in particular, including peer victimization, partner violence, parenting problems, and sexual offending. A detailed review of the literature accompanies instructive case examples. Sources of trauma from outside the family, including combat exposure, political terrorism, foster care, and incarceration of parents are considered. Finally, Alexander analyzes the multiple sources of natural resilience—the neurobiological, the individual, the relational, and the social—to enable professionals of all backgrounds to tailor-make effective interventions for interrupting cycles of trauma and violence.

Download or read book Cornerstones of Attachment Research written by Robbie Duschinsky and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International] licence. It is free to read at Oxford Clinical Psychology Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Attachment theory is among the most popular theories of human socioemotional development, with a global research community and widespread interest from clinicians, child welfare professionals, educationalists and parents. It has been considered "one of the most generative contemporary ideas" about family life in modern society. It is one of the last of the grand theories of human development that still retains an active research tradition. Attachment theory and research speak to fundamental questions about human emotions, relationships and development. They do so in terms that feel experience-near, with a remarkable combination of intuitive ideas and counter-intuitive assessments and conclusions. Over time, attachment theory seems to have become more, rather than less, appealing and popular, in part perhaps due to alignment with current concern with the lifetime implications of early brain development Cornerstones of Attachment Research re-examines the work of key laboratories that have contributed to the study of attachment. In doing so, the book traces the development in a single scientific paradigm through parallel but separate lines of inquiry. Chapters address the work of Bowlby, Ainsworth, Main and Hesse, Sroufe and Egeland, and Shaver and Mikulincer. Cornerstones of Attachment Research utilises attention to these five research groups as a lens on wider themes and challenges faced by attachment research over the decades. The chapters draw on a complete analysis of published scholarly and popular works by each research group, as well as much unpublished material.

Download or read book Strengthening Attachment written by Christie Aoun and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Attachment based Group Therapy for Mothers and Children Affected by Domestic Violence written by Shannon Leigh Green Ross and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Affective Expression and Relationship Cohesion Between Depressed Mothers and Their Offspring written by Danielle Justine Guild and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The present investigation examined the longitudinal effects of Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) for toddlers and their depressed mothers on the following constructs: a) maternal affective expression, b) child affective expression, and c) the degree of cohesiveness within the mother-child dyad. Depressed mothers and their toddlers were randomized to receive CPP (DI; N = 66) or to a control group (DC; N = 64). Non-depressed mothers with no history of major mental illness and their toddlers (NC; N = 68) were recruited as an additional comparison group. Mother-child dyads were followed across three time points: Baseline (T1; 20 months), post-intervention (T2; 36 months), and follow-up (T3), when children were approximately 9 years of age. Data from a mother-child conflict task was coded as a measure of observed outcome variables. The roles of 1) post-intervention maternal self-efficacy and 2) post-intervention toddler attachment security were evaluated as mediators of the relationship between baseline group assignment on maternal and child affective expression and dyadic cohesion at T3. Post-intervention maternal self-efficacy did not mediate the association between baseline group assignment and maternal warmth or hostility at T3. However, T2 attachment security significantly mediated the association between baseline group assignment and T3 maternal warmth and child anger/problem behavior. As previously shown by Toth, Rogosch, Manly, and Cicchetti (2006), toddlers of depressed mothers who received CPP showed higher rates of secure attachment compared to those in both the DC and NC groups. In turn, mothers of children who were securely attached at T2 displayed higher levels of warmth during a mother-child conflict task at T3. Additionally, children who were securely attached to their mothers at T2 exhibited lower levels of anger and problem behavior at T3. Implications for the use of CPP as a preventive intervention and of the importance of attachment as a mediator of long-term outcomes are discussed"--Pages xiii-iv.

Download or read book A Study of the Mental Life of the Child written by H. von Hug-Hellmuth and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Understanding Disorganized Attachment written by David Shemmings and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disorganized attachment, the most extreme form of insecure attachment, can develop in a child when the person who is meant to protect them becomes a source of danger. This book provides a comprehensive text on disorganized attachment.

Download or read book Promoting Positive Parenting written by Femmie Juffer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Classic Edition of Promoting Positive Parenting illuminates the widespread success of the Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD), now used in many countries, offering thousands of families the support they need to thrive. A new preface from the authors reflects on the original research and development of the program, considers its effectiveness, and outlines future aims to broaden implementation and test new modalities. The original volume offers a new generation of students and professionals an introduction to the brief and focused parenting intervention program that has been successful in a variety of clinical and nonclinical groups and cultures. It offers detailed descriptions and case reports of studies with the program, describes the implementation and testing of VIPP-based interventions in a variety of family and childcare settings, and in various countries including the Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It details the successful implementation of the program in samples of insecure mothers, mothers with eating disorders, preterm infants, adopted children, children suffering from dermatitis, and children with early externalizing behavior problems. The Classic Edition of Promoting Positive Parenting is for all those concerned with family support and parenting interventions in the fields of developmental and clinical psychology, human development and family studies, psychiatry, social work, public health and nursing, and early childhood education.

Download or read book Women s Perceptions of Their Children s Experiences in Domestic Violence written by Barbara L. Wood and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten female survivors of physically assaultive domestic violence were interviewed three times each in a feminist, qualitative study designed to access their perceptions about their children's experiences in domestic violence. All participants had children living with them at the time of the abuse and were one to five years out of the abuse. All women stated their children had been exposed to domestic violence. Women described their children's involvement in the following areas: legal (visitation, custody, child support); indirect involvement (witnessing effects of abuse) and direct involvement (feeling responsible, protecting parents); and direct child maltreatment. Child maltreatment rates measured by homes were: physical (50%); sexual (20%); emotional (90%); and neglect (70%). No patterns were present regarding child involvement. That is, children's involvement did not progress in a clear pattern from indirect to direct. While all women protected their children in the relationship, four turning points were identified in a continuum of women's protective actions: child witnessed abuse to mom; mom saw signs in child; emotional abuse to the child; and physical or sexual abuse to the child. Turning points were the points at which the women recognized they could no longer protect their children within the context of the violent relationship. Unmarried women reached their turning point earlier while women whose church involvement dictated strict obedience to spouse and those who experienced the most severe physical abuse reached their turning points later. Turning points often corresponded with leaving the relationship and were related to both social context and individual variables. Perceptions of motherhood in domestic violence were also studied. Women cited their children as important influences in staying with, returning to, and leaving abusive partners. Women stayed in relationships because of socially conditioned beliefs about children needing fathers, beliefs about marriage and family, and perceptions of children's bonds with their fathers. Finally, women's perceptions of motherhood fell into four categories: protection of their children; conflict between roles as wife and mother; concern about meeting their children's needs; and guilt about mothering. The two women who prioritized the needs of their children over their abusive partners were spared some guilt.

Download or read book Enhancing Early Attachments written by Lisa J. Berlin and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesizing the latest theory, research, and practices related to supporting early attachments, this volume provides a unique window into the major treatment and prevention approaches available today. Chapters address the theoretical and empirical bases of attachment interventions; explore the effects of attachment-related trauma and how they can be ameliorated; and describe a range of exemplary programs operating at the individual, family, and community levels. Throughout, expert authors consider cross-cutting issues such as the core components of effective services and appropriate outcome measures for attachment interventions. Also discussed are policy implications, including how programs to enhance early child - caregiver relationships fit into broader health, social service, and early education systems.

Download or read book Understanding and Supporting Families with Complex Needs written by Nathan Hughes and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Understanding and Supporting 'Families with Complex Needs'" that was published in Social Sciences

Download or read book Handbook of Attachment Based Interventions written by Howard Steele and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume to showcase science-based interventions that have been demonstrated effective in promoting attachment security, this is a vital reference and clinical guide for practitioners. With a major focus on strengthening caregiving relationships in early childhood, the Handbook also includes interventions for school-age children; at-risk adolescents; and couples, with an emphasis on father involvement in parenting. A consistent theme is working with children and parents who have been exposed to trauma and other adverse circumstances. Leading authorities describe how their respective approaches are informed by attachment theory and research, how sessions are structured and conducted, special techniques used (such as video feedback), the empirical evidence base for the approach, and training requirements. Many chapters include illustrative case material.

Download or read book Attachment Based Clinical Work with Children and Adolescents written by Joanna Ellen Bettmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-09 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attachment-Based Social Work with Children and Adolescents is a wide-ranging look at attachment theory and research, its application to youth populations, and its natural fit with the social work profession. This book covers the applicability of attachment theory to the profession’s various domains that include human behavior, practice, policy, research, and social work education. In particular, it addresses the broad spectrum of clinical social work, including practice in a variety of public and private settings and with a number of diverse populations. The book highlights the contribution of the social work profession to the development of attachment theory and research.

Download or read book The Development of the Person written by L. Alan Sroufe and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2009-02-20 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood. Explicated are both the methodology of the Minnesota study and its far-reaching contributions to understanding how we become who we are. The book marshals a vast body of data on the ways in which individuals' strengths and vulnerabilities are shaped by myriad influences, including early experiences, family and peer relationships throughout childhood and adolescence, variations in child characteristics and abilities, and socioeconomic conditions. Implications for clinical intervention and prevention are also addressed. Rigorously documented and clearly presented, the study's findings elucidate the twists and turns of individual pathways, illustrating as never before the ongoing interplay between developing children and their environments.