Date of Publication
3-2007
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Psychology Major in Clinical Psychology
Subject Categories
Clinical Psychology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Psychology
Abstract/Summary
This study described the children’s representations of family relationships and their responses to their parents’ marital conflict. Data was analyzed using qualitative content analysis. A semi-structured interview was given to 8- to 11-year old children of battered women who were referred to a women’s agency. The results showed that children represented their family relationships as unstable, disengaged and improving. Children who represented their parents’ marital relationship as unstable and disengaged mainly had disengaged father-child relationship. Conversely, these children maintained a close mother-child relationship despite some of their negative perceptions of the mother. Children responded to their parents’ marital conflict by getting involved, acting passively and/or comforting the mother; their corresponding cognitive, emotional and behavioral responses in dealing with their parents’ marital conflict were described. Implications on the child and the family were discussed.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Accession Number
CDTG004123
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
1 computer optical disc, 4 3/4 in.
Keywords
Children of abused wives—Psychology; Children of abused wives—Family relationships
Upload Full Text
wf_yes
Recommended Citation
Tabanao, E. B. (2007). Representations of family relationships and responses to parents' marital conflict among children of battered women. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6143
