@article{ref1,
title="Lesbian mothering in the context of intimate partner violence",
journal="Journal of lesbian studies",
year="2008",
author="Hardesty, Jennifer L. and Oswald, Ramona Faith and Khaw, Lyndal and Fonseca, Carol and Chung, Grace H.",
volume="12",
number="2-3",
pages="191-210",
abstract="Twenty-four lesbian mothers (12 African American, 9 White, and 3 Latina) who had experienced physical abuse by a same-sex partner were interviewed. Three types of IPV were found: intimate terrorism, situational violence, and mutual violent control. Further, relationships between mothers/abusers, mothers/children, and abusers/children were examined. Regarding relationships with abusers, 71% of mothers reported lengthy sagas, 17% had worked it out, and 13% made a clean break from the abuser. Regarding relationships with their children, 48% of mothers hid the violence, 26% minimized it, and 26% openly communicated about the situation. Relationships between abusers and the mothers' children were found to be either co-parental (29%), playmate (21%), abusive (21%), or non-parental (21%). Correlations among relational and demographic variables were also examined. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)<p />",
language="",
issn="1089-4160",
doi="10.1080/10894160802161364",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10894160802161364"
}