Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Sleep disruption and domestic violence: exploring the interconnections between mothers and children
Other Titles:	Child and family social work
Authors:	Lowe, Pam Humphreys, Catherine Williams, Simon
Keywords:	Parenting;Impact on children and young people;Mental health
Year:	2009
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing
Citation:	14 (1), February 2009
Notes:	This paper argues that sleep disruption is both a strategy and an effect of violence and abuse which profoundly affects the lives of women and children. This paper traces the interconnections between the patterns of sleeping (not sleeping) for women and children living with and recovering from the effects of violence and abuse. It highlights the threat to the emotional and physical well-being of children and women and provides a non-pathologizing route into an exploration of one of the symptoms of trauma. It is based on a pilot study which interviewed 17 women, 14 of whom were mothers to 28 children. Mothers reported that many of their children experienced nightmares, bed-wetting, night panics and disrupted sleep patterns. Recovery of the ability to sleep was often slow and uneven with interactive effects between women and children slowing progress. [? 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. For further information, visit Wiley-Blackwell.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12718
ISSN:	1356-7500
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

Items in ANROWS library are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.