TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Lesbian mothering in the context of intimate partner violence
JO  - Journal of lesbian studies
A1  - Hardesty, Jennifer L.
A1  - Oswald, Ramona Faith
A1  - Khaw, Lyndal
A1  - Fonseca, Carol
A1  - Chung, Grace H.
SP  - 191
EP  - 210
VL  - 12
IS  - 2-3
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1089-4160
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10894160802161364
ID  - ref1
ER  -