Physically Violent Mothers Are a Reason for Young People's Leaving Home

Autor/inn/en	Mallett, Shelley; Rosenthal, Doreen
Titel	Physically Violent Mothers Are a Reason for Young People's Leaving Home
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (2009) 7, S.1165-1174 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260508322188
Schlagwörter	Family Violence; Homeless People; Mothers; Young Adults; Social Environment; Family Environment; Early Adolescents; Attitude Measures; Parent Child Relationship; Gender Differences; Individual Characteristics; Behavior Problems; Family Structure; Conflict + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Mother; Mutter; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Soziales Umfeld; Familienmilieu; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Konflikt
Abstract	In a qualitative study, 302 homeless young people (aged 12 to 20 years) were asked to discuss their reasons for leaving home. Some 103 youth cited physical violence by a parent or stepparent, and of these, 39 cited their mother's or stepmother's violence as the reason for leaving home. Females were more likely than males to report being the target of violence by their mother; however, the converse was true for stepmothers. Several discrete reasons for maternal violence were identified, including maternal personal characteristics and behaviors, issues associated with blended families, or young people's own behavior. In some cases, young people reported violence by both parents. Their attributions of maternal violence centered on a single dimension of the mother/stepmother or her relationship with a partner. They rarely discussed the contribution that they had made to the conflict or acknowledged the social context that may have been a catalyst for violence. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10