ABSTRACT

Mothers are consistently reported as a victim of violence or abuse from a child at higher rates than fathers. Despite this, the safety implications and impact this violence has on mothers continue to be obscured within research and policy frameworks, due to a generic focus being placed on “parents” as victims. This review employed a mixed-methods integrative review methodology to examine Australian and New Zealand research relating to young persons’ violence towards their mother. Six themes were extracted, which included mothers being the common target of violence from a child; mothers experiencing both partner and child domestic violence victimisation; mothers experiencing blame, maternal guilt and loyalty; access to formal support; mothers being responsible for arranging treatment for their abusive child; and mothers contacting the police as a last resort. The findings highlight a need for further research examining the pathways to violence utilising multiagency, longitudinal data for both a mother and her child.

IMPLICATIONS

• Clearly labelling a young person’s violence towards their mother may help break down the shame, guilt and fear mothers report and their reluctance to seek help.

• Early intervention programs, one of which has a clear joint mother-and-child focus and others which have separate mother and child foci, are needed.

• Multidisciplinary research that incorporates information and experiences of mothers and children across multiple longitudinal data sources is needed to examine trajectories towards violence and impacts for both mothers and their children.

摘要

据报道，母亲一直是儿童暴力或虐待的受害者，其发生率高于父亲。尽管如此，由于普遍关注作为受害者的“父母”，这种暴力对母亲的安全影响和影响在研究和政策框架内继续被掩盖。该评价采用混合方法综合评价方法来检查澳大利亚和新西兰关于青少年对其母亲的暴力行为的研究。提取了六个主题，其中包括母亲是儿童暴力的共同目标；遭受伴侣和儿童家庭暴力伤害的母亲；母亲经历责备、母性内疚和忠诚；获得正式支持；母亲有责任为虐待她们的孩子安排治疗；作为最后的手段，母亲们联系了警察。调查结果强调需要进一步研究，利用针对母亲和她的孩子的多机构纵向数据来检查暴力的途径。

影响

• 清楚地标记一个年轻人对其母亲的暴力行为可能有助于打破母亲报告的羞耻、内疚和恐惧以及她们不愿寻求帮助的情绪。

• 需要早期干预计划，其中一个明确以母子共同为重点，而其他计划则以单独的母子为重点。

• 需要跨多个纵向数据源整合母亲和儿童的信息和经历的多学科研究，以检查暴力的轨迹和对母亲及其子女的影响。