University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
J Interpers Violence. 2013 Jun;28(9):1817-38. doi: 10.1177/0886260512469108. Epub 2013 Jan 6.
It should come as no surprise that when women who have raised babies in domestic violence come together to discuss the formation of relationships with their babies they raise issues of fear. Yet in current attachment studies about the formation of relationships between women and their babies, knowledge of fear based in lived experiences is undervalued. This article draws on a qualitative study of such experiences to explore ways in which fear impacted on 16 women and their babies. From this study it is discerned that fear impacts in diverse ways on women, babies, and their relationships with each other. Women's experiences show that fear is a complex emotion that cannot be understood outside of context, relations, and subjectivity. Furthermore, fear can be the motivation for protection, whereby actions by women are in the interests of safety of their babies. These insights look beyond attachment theory to the manifestations of and responses to fear identified by women who have raised babies while enduring domestic violence.
当曾经遭受过家庭暴力的女性聚在一起讨论与自己婴儿建立关系的问题时，她们会提到恐惧，这一点毫不奇怪。然而，在当前关于女性与婴儿之间关系形成的依恋研究中，基于生活经验的恐惧知识被低估了。本文通过对这些经历的定性研究，探讨了恐惧是如何影响 16 位女性及其婴儿的。从这项研究中可以看出，恐惧以不同的方式影响着女性、婴儿以及她们彼此之间的关系。女性的经历表明，恐惧是一种复杂的情绪，不能脱离背景、关系和主观性来理解。此外，恐惧可能是保护的动机，女性的行为是为了保护婴儿的安全。这些观点超越了依恋理论，关注了那些在遭受家庭暴力的同时养育婴儿的女性所感受到的恐惧表现和应对方式。
