Intimate partner violence (IPV) on average affects one in four women, with the majority of victim survivors identifying as mothers in national survey data. Children experiencing parental IPV are now equally understood as victims. Extensive research documents the short- and long-term impacts of children's experiences of IPV on their safety and wellbeing. More recently, research has started to examine adolescent children's use of violence in the home as adolescent family violence (AFV). Contributing to this emerging body of research, we draw on narrative interview data from mothers who participated in a larger study on IPV, help-seeking and the perceived impact on children to better understand how mothers make sense of children's use of violence in the home. Mothers identified an emergence of AFV in male children with childhood experiences of adult IPV. Although mothers' experiences of adult and adolescent violence highlight their dual victimisation, mothers frame their abusive children as victims rather than perpetrators. Implications for future research, policy and trauma-informed practice are discussed.

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家庭暴力的代际传递：母亲对孩子在家庭中的经历和使用暴力的看法

亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 平均影响四分之一的女性，大多数受害者幸存者在国家调查数据中被认定为母亲。经历父母 IPV 的儿童现在同样被理解为受害者。大量研究记录了儿童 IPV 经历对其安全和福祉的短期和长期影响。最近，研究开始将青少年儿童在家庭中使用暴力的情况作为青少年家庭暴力 (AFV) 进行调查。为促进这一新兴研究机构，我们借鉴了参与关于 IPV、寻求帮助和对儿童的感知影响的更大研究的母亲的叙事访谈数据，以更好地了解母亲如何理解儿童在家中使用暴力的情况。母亲发现有成年 IPV 童年经历的男孩出现了 AFV。尽管母亲的成人和青少年暴力经历凸显了她们的双重受害，但母亲将虐待她们的孩子视为受害者而不是施暴者。讨论了对未来研究、政策和创伤知情实践的影响。