Impact of Parental Conflict and Emotional Abuse on Children and Families

Partner Abuse ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple ◽  
Michael A. Skibo ◽  
Patrick T. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Family System ◽  
Family Stress ◽  
Parental Conflict ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Couple Conflict ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

The goal of this review is to summarize empirical research conducted over the past several decades examining the impact of parental conflict and emotional abuse on children and families. Toward this goal, four different subtopics are categorized and reviewed. These include the impact of mutual couple conflict, verbal, and emotional abuse/control on children; the impact of father-perpetrated verbal and emotional abuse/control on children; the impact of mother-perpetrated verbal and emotional abuse/control on children; and the impact of partner abuse on the family system including consideration of family stress, boundaries, alliances, and family structure. A review of the literature revealed 105 empirical papers, which are referenced in tables. Overarching theoretical and conceptual frameworks proposed within the field of interparental conflict and child development are used to organize and distill the broad findings evident across these studies. Recommendations for future avenues of research are presented.

scholarly journals Enduring Cell Lines: Parents’ Experiences of Postmortem Tumor Banking in Childhood Cancer

2021 ◽  
pp. 107484072110014
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Moules ◽  
Catherine M. Laing ◽  
Wendy Pelletier ◽  
Gregory M. T. Guilcher ◽  
Jennifer A. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Cancer ◽  
Pediatric Oncology ◽  
Common Factors ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Deceased Donors ◽  
Cure Rates ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Parents Experiences

While cure rates in pediatric oncology have improved over the past 30 years, childhood cancer remains the second leading cause of death in children aged 1 to 14. Developing therapies often require using cancerous tissues, which may come from deceased donors. Tumor banks collect, store, and distribute these donated samples. While tumor banking is more common, factors that contribute to parents’ decision and the impact of it on the family are not well understood. The purpose of this hermeneutic study was to understand the meaning and impact of tumor banking for parents of children who have died from cancer. Findings suggest that parents donating their child’s tumors unexpectedly found a sense of meaning in their loss. They also found a legacy of their child’s life; the living cells in some ways assisted the parents with grief. Aspects of this sensitive conversation and decision are discussed from the perspective of the parents’ experiences.

The insects of plant-held waters: a review and bibliography

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAROLD F. GREENEY
Keyword(s):  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Classification Schemes ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Level ◽  
Geographic Regions ◽  
Extensive Bibliography

Phytotelmata habitats have been the focus of much research and are utilized by a wide variety of taxa. In the past 15 years numerous studies in many geographic regions and covering various types of phytotelmata have greatly increased our understanding of these unique habitats. The most recent summary of phytotelmata inhabitants included over 20 families of insects. A review of the literature and extensive work in lowland Ecuador shows the family level diversity is in fact at least twice that reported earlier. A reassessment of previous phytotelmata classification schemes, as well as an extensive bibliography, is provided.

Family Estrangement

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie Agllias
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Bowen Family Systems Theory ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Parental Alienation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Family ◽  
Grief Responses ◽  
The Impact

Family estrangement—a concept similar to emotional cutoff in Bowen family systems theory—is the unsatisfactory physical or emotional distancing between at least two family members. It is attributed to a number of biological, psychological, social, and structural factors affecting the family, including attachment disorders, incompatible values and beliefs, unfulfilled expectations, critical life events and transitions, parental alienation, and ineffective communication patterns. Family estrangement is often experienced as a considerable loss; its ambiguous nature and social disenfranchisement can contribute to significant grief responses, perceived stigma, and social isolation in some cases. The social-work profession has a role to play in raising social and political awareness of the prevalence of, contributors to, and effects of estrangement on the intergenerational family, with clinicians working to assess and address the impact of estrangement on individuals and the family system.

The Impact of Intrafamilial Homicide on the Family System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corrie L. Jackson ◽  
Sam Margolius ◽  
Julie Stout ◽  
Scott Browning
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

Custodial Arrangements and Parental Conflict following Divorce: The Impact on Children's Adjustment

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Twaite ◽  
Anya K. Luchow
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Parental Conflict ◽  
Divorced Families ◽  
Individual Basis ◽  
Children's Adjustment ◽  
Children’S Adjustment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

This article presents a review of the substantial literature concerned with the question of how children from divorced families adjust under different custodial arrangements. Existing empirical research tends to be methodologically weak, and the results reported have been inconsistent. Moreover, the level of interparental conflict present in the family before and after the divorce appears to be a powerful mediating variable that affects children's adaptation to different custodial situations. It is concluded that custodial decisions should be made on an individual basis, with no presumption that custody should be awarded to either the mother or the father. It is clear that regardless of the decision regarding custody, parents should be educated regarding the importance of avoiding overt hostility and establishing a workable co-parenting relationship.

Prevention in High Risk Children of Depressed Parents

1986 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Laroche
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Adult Patient ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depressed Parents ◽  
High Risk Children

Opportunities for prevention of psychopathology in children and families are often overlooked in the treatment of the depressed adult patient. Research and clinical findings are reviewed which highlight the impact on children and the family of depressed parents. They range from illness serious enough to require hospitalization to cases in which depression has not yet been diagnosed. These findings are used as guidelines for the development of preventive and therapeutic interventions for all family members.

#8 Impact of parental conflict and emotional abuse on children and families

Partner Abuse ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple ◽  
Michael A. Skibo ◽  
Patrick T. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Parental Conflict ◽  
Children And Families
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