Issues in Mental Health Nursing · 2004 · 17 citations · 13 references
Social SciencesHuman DevelopmentPsychologyChild DevelopmentDevelopmental PsychologyVictimologyAdverse Childhood ExperiencesChild AbuseChild MaltreatmentChild VictimizationChildhood AbuseEmotional AbuseChild Trauma RecoveryChildhood Traumatic LossChildren As VictimsIntimate Partner AbuseLoss Of A ParentParental GriefQualitative InterviewingRecovery After Child Victimization
The effect on children of the murder of a parent by the other parent, uxoricide, is immediate and devastating. Usually in a single act, the child loses both parents, one to death and the other to the criminal justice system. This is a report on a qualitative study, with a sample of seven adults, designed to explore the experiences of these children as they grow to adulthood. The major themes developed in the data analysis include (1) a surprising lack of anger regarding the perpetrator, (2) intimate abuse in later personal relationships, and (3) a beginning description of paths to recovery.
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Shanta R. Dube, Robert F. Anda, Vincent J. Felitti et al. · Violence and Victims · 2002 · 320 citations