背景:一些研究探索了儿童虐待(ITCM)的代际传播机制,这也涉及有护理经验的父母;然而,较少探索的是他们的直接经验,特别是关于弹性过程。
目的:通过探索那些似乎打断了ITCM的人的观点来发展ITCM的理论框架。
方法:有寄养和/或寄宿护理经验的27名意大利父母的样本,他们打破了ITCM,在2021年5月至2023年2月之间完成了深入采访。
方法:建构主义扎根理论(Charmaz,2014)在进行采访时采用了方法,专注于父母的日常经历(摩根,2011)以及被认为支持ITCM中断的因素。数据使用开放式分析,集中和理论编码;分析本身与有护理经验的父母的咨询委员会进行了讨论。
结果:该研究强调了重要的方面,从父母的角度来看,在打破ITCM方面发挥作用:例如,他们的育儿经历是如何构建他们所说的“零家庭”的具有挑战性的过程。此外,从零开始一个家庭需要接受过去,重新想象自己作为父母,和管理日常生活的复杂性,尽管这种紧张。
结论:结果揭示了如何将过渡到父母身份本身视为ITCM中断的重要发展机会。然而,许多问题仍然存在,前景化讨论可能的支持,以加强育儿机构和技能的相关性。因此,这样的讨论应该越来越多地由生态方法和父母的观点(也包括日常实践和生活环境)提供信息,从而避免了病理性反应的风险。
BACKGROUND: Several studies have explored the mechanisms of intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment (ITCM), which also involves care-experienced parents; however, what is less explored is their direct experience, especially regarding resilience processes.
OBJECTIVE: Developing the theoretical framework of ITCM through an exploration of the perspectives of those who appear to have interrupted it.
METHODS: A sample of 27 Italian parents - with experience in foster and/or residential care - who have broken the ITCM, completed an in-depth interview between May 2021 and February 2023.
METHODS: A Constructivist Grounded Theory (Charmaz, 2014) approach was adopted in carrying out the interviews, which focused on daily experiences of parenting (Morgan, 2011) and on factors perceived as supporting ITCM interruption. Data were analyzed using open, focused and theoretical coding; the analysis itself was discussed with a consultive board of care-experienced parents.
RESULTS: The study highlighted important aspects that, from parents\' perspectives, play a role in breaking ITCM: for instance, how their parenting experience is a challenging process of constructing what they term \'zero family\'. Furthermore, starting a family from scratch requires coming to terms with the past, re-imagining oneself as a parent, and managing the complexity of everyday life despite such tensions.
CONCLUSIONS: The results throw light on how the transition to parenthood itself is perceived as a significant developmental opportunity for the interruption of ITCM. However, many problems persist, foregrounding the relevance of discussing possible supports to strengthen parenting agency and skills. Such a discussion should therefore be increasingly informed by ecological approaches and parents\' perspectives (also on everyday practices and life contexts), thus avoiding the risk of pathologizing responses.