Band-Winterstein Tova, Avieli Hila, Smeloy Yael
University of Haifa, Israel
University of Haifa, Israel.
J Interpers Violence. 2016 Sep;31(15):2598-621. doi: 10.1177/0886260515579505. Epub 2015 Apr 8.
Older parents of an adult child coping with a mental disorder that is expressed by violent deviant behavior face significant parenting challenges. The purpose of this article is to explore the ways older parents exposed to abuse by their adult children with mental disorder (ACMD) perceived their child's violent deviant behavior along the life course. In a qualitative-phenomenological study, 16 parents aged 58 to 90 were interviewed in depth. Three major themes emerged: (a) ongoing total care for the child's needs along the life course, (b) constructions and perceptions of the child through the years-Parents perceived their children over two continua, reflecting their experience of the child's deviant behavior: the child as more harmed versus more harmful, the child as normative versus pathological-and (c) the parent's emotional world toward the harmed-harmful child. The findings enable a deeper understanding of the various ways in which parents cope with living with deviant behaviors of their ACMD. Hence, this study can serve as a framework for developing tailored and differential intervention methods.
成年子女患有以暴力越轨行为表现出来的精神障碍，其年迈的父母面临着重大的育儿挑战。本文旨在探讨那些遭受患有精神障碍的成年子女（ACMD）虐待的年迈父母，在其子女的人生历程中，是如何看待子女的暴力越轨行为的。在一项质性现象学研究中，对16名年龄在58岁至90岁之间的父母进行了深入访谈。出现了三个主要主题：（a）在子女的人生历程中持续全面照顾其需求；（b）多年来对子女的认知与看法——父母通过两个连续体来认知自己的孩子，这反映了他们对孩子越轨行为的体验：孩子是受伤害更多还是造成伤害更多，孩子是正常还是病态；以及（c）父母对既受伤害又造成伤害的孩子的情感世界。这些发现有助于更深入地理解父母应对患有精神障碍的成年子女越轨行为的各种方式。因此，本研究可作为制定针对性和差异化干预方法的框架。
