Uxoricide: a phenomenological study of adult survivors.
The effect on children of the murder of a parent by the other parent, uxoricide, is immediate and devastating. Usually in a single act, the child loses both parents, one to death and the other to the criminal justice system. This is a report on a qualitative study, with a sample of seven adults, designed to explore the experiences of these children as they grow to adulthood. The major themes developed in the data analysis include (1) a surprising lack of anger regarding the perpetrator, (2) intimate abuse in later personal relationships, and (3) a beginning description of paths to recovery.
Parker
Barbara
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University of Virginia, School of Nursing Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. bparker@virginia.edu
Steeves
Richard
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Anderson
Sarah
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Moran
Barbara
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*