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PTSD hos mødre utsatt for intim partnervold og konsekvenser for omsorgsevne: en litteraturgjennomgang

Fandrem, Cathrine Hatleskog
Master thesis
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2009-11-23
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Over the last decades an increased attention has been directed toward children's exposure to intimate partner violence. Research has documented the adverse effects of children's exposure to intimate partner violence on children's emotional and behavioral functioning. It has been proposed that a battered mother's psychological health is likely to influence her caregiving in a way that affect her violence exposed children. This study examines the hypothesis that intimate partner violence is associated with posttraumatic stress (PTSD) in women, and that mothers' caregiving are influenced by violence related PTSD. The results from this review revealed an association between intimate partner violence and PTSD in women, and a high co-morbidity to depression. An association was found between violence related PTSD in mothers and adverse effects on caregiving, through the processes of e.g. emotional regulation and attachment. Given the association between mothers' PTSD and detrimental effects on caregiving, interventions should focus on treating mothers' PTSD in helping violence exposed children. It is however clear that future research is of great importance.
 
Det har i den siste tiden vært et økt fokus mot voldseksponerte barn. Forskning viser at eksponering for intim partnervold kan ha en skadelig effekt på barns fungering. Det er tenkt at intim partnervold kan føre til psykiske lidelser hos kvinner, blant annet posttraumatisk stress lidelse (PTSD), og at dette kan ha konsekvenser for omsorgsevnen på en måte som kan være skadelig for voldseksponerte barn. Målet med denne litteraturgjennomgangen er å undersøke om det finnes en sammenheng mellom intim partnervold og PTSD hos kvinner, og videre hvordan voldsrelatert PTSD kan skade mødres omsorgsevne. Resultatene fra denne litteraturgjennomgangen viser at det finnes en sammenheng mellom intim partnervold og PTSD, og at det finnes en høy komorbiditet til depresjon. Videre tyder resultatene på at voldsrelatert PTSD kan skade mødres omsorgsevne på ulike måter, blant annet gjennom emosjonsregulering, tilknytning og at mødres PTSD påvirker barns psykiske helse. Disse resultatene antyder at det er viktig med et fokus på voldsutsatte mødres omsorgsevne i forbindelse med voldseksponerte barn. Videre er det tydelig at det er behov for mer forskning på dette området.
 
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