SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, MORRIS Jenny, WATES Michele
Publisher:
Social Care Institute for Excellence
Publication year:
2006
Pagination:
203p.
Place of publication:
London
This knowledge review on supporting disabled parents is divided into two parts: a literature review and a survey of good practice. Summaries of the literature review and good practice survey are provided.
This knowledge review on supporting disabled parents is divided into two parts: a literature review and a survey of good practice. Summaries of the literature review and good practice survey are provided.
Subject terms:
literature reviews, parents, disabilities, good practice;
Children and Youth Services Review, 119, 2020, p.105572.
Publisher:
Elsevier
Scientific literature has pointed to a growing body of empirical studies that contribute to an accurate mapping of parental alienation. This descriptive literature review of empirical research on parental alienation - in peer-reviewed scientific journals between January 2000 and December 2018 – seeks to characterize the research methodologies and to provide a summary of the main research themes. Several academic databases (B-On: Online Knowledge Library–Search, Ovid, ProQuest, Web of Knowledge, PsycINFO and Google Scholar) were systematically searched and the review followed the PRISMA guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Forty-three studies were included, the majority of them following a quantitative, retrospective and cross-sectional design. Parental alienation was mainly associated with divorce and child custody dispute contexts. Results also revealed the main themes targeted by empirical research: Development and use of assessment measures for parental alienation; Parental alienation patterns; Validation of the parental alienation syndrome construct; Parental alienation impact; Parental alienation viewed as child abuse; Professionals’ voices and maps on parental alienation. Limitations and recommendations for future research on parental alienation are discussed, highlighting common themes and research gaps.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Scientific literature has pointed to a growing body of empirical studies that contribute to an accurate mapping of parental alienation. This descriptive literature review of empirical research on parental alienation - in peer-reviewed scientific journals between January 2000 and December 2018 – seeks to characterize the research methodologies and to provide a summary of the main research themes. Several academic databases (B-On: Online Knowledge Library–Search, Ovid, ProQuest, Web of Knowledge, PsycINFO and Google Scholar) were systematically searched and the review followed the PRISMA guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Forty-three studies were included, the majority of them following a quantitative, retrospective and cross-sectional design. Parental alienation was mainly associated with divorce and child custody dispute contexts. Results also revealed the main themes targeted by empirical research: Development and use of assessment measures for parental alienation; Parental alienation patterns; Validation of the parental alienation syndrome construct; Parental alienation impact; Parental alienation viewed as child abuse; Professionals’ voices and maps on parental alienation. Limitations and recommendations for future research on parental alienation are discussed, highlighting common themes and research gaps.
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Journal of Aggression Conflict and Peace Research, 9(3), 2017, pp.195-209.
Publisher:
Emerald
Purpose: Adolescent violence towards parents (AVTP) has damaging impacts on family relationships, however, little is known about the characteristics of the families in which it occurs. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize current knowledge of the AVTP characteristics to help to inform the development of more effective community responses.
Design/methodology/approach: The paper opted and alcohol use, anger difficulties and trauma. The victims (parents) are characterized as having strained relationships with other family members and trauma profiles.
Practical implications: Policy and practice responses should be tailored to systemically address needs in the identified areas. This review further illustrates the limitations of current knowledge, highlighting inconsistencies in both
(Publisher abstract)
Purpose: Adolescent violence towards parents (AVTP) has damaging impacts on family relationships, however, little is known about the characteristics of the families in which it occurs. The purpose of this paper is to synthesize current knowledge of the AVTP characteristics to help to inform the development of more effective community responses.
Design/methodology/approach: The paper opted for a Rapid Evidence Assessment taking an ecological approach to organize current knowledge about the characteristics of both victims and perpetrators of AVTP. It synthesized 20 empirical studies identified from a systemic review of published literature.
Findings: The assessment concludes that adolescents who perpetrate AVTP typically experience high levels of comorbid mental health concerns, drug and alcohol use, anger difficulties and trauma. The victims (parents) are characterized as having strained relationships with other family members and trauma profiles.
Practical implications: Policy and practice responses should be tailored to systemically address needs in the identified areas. This review further illustrates the limitations of current knowledge, highlighting inconsistencies in both definitions and findings, particularly related to key characteristics.
Originality/value: This paper is the first of its kind to systemically search this literature and only include the most rigorously designed studies. It adds value to the developing field of AVTP by providing the scaffolding of the characteristics of families who have been impacted.
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Subject terms:
violence, young people, parents, domestic violence;
Child: Care, Health and Development, 42(6), 2016, pp.784-797.
Publisher:
Wiley
Parenting a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be stressful, and accessing services can add to this stress. Self-efficacy, agency and advocacy are important for parents when accessing and using services. To develop insight into parental advocacy, a meta-synthesis was undertaken to consolidate the literature focussing on parents' experiences of advocating for their child with ASD. benefits of advocacy; and the barriers to advocacy. The experience of advocacy for parents with a child with ASD is complex and intensive, presenting both personal and societal benefits, as well as challenges for parents. In supporting individuals with ASD and family well-being, service providers need to have an understanding of the advocating role of parents and ensure that opportunities exist
(Publisher abstract)
Parenting a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be stressful, and accessing services can add to this stress. Self-efficacy, agency and advocacy are important for parents when accessing and using services. To develop insight into parental advocacy, a meta-synthesis was undertaken to consolidate the literature focussing on parents' experiences of advocating for their child with ASD. A qualitative meta-synthesis was conducted. Fifteen databases were systematically searched by using key terms related to ASD, children, parents/carers, advocacy and qualitative studies. Twenty-four studies were identified and appraised using an adapted version of the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool. Data were synthesized into themes through the steps of review, meta-aggregation, integration and interpretation. Two overarching concepts emerged, illustrating both the challenging nature of advocacy and the associated personal and societal benefits. These two concepts are supported by eight themes: a life-long, all-encompassing challenge; advocacy as a parental coping strategy; advocacy involving working to create a future; balancing roles and needs; isolation versus support; personal impacts of advocacy; benefits of advocacy; and the barriers to advocacy. The experience of advocacy for parents with a child with ASD is complex and intensive, presenting both personal and societal benefits, as well as challenges for parents. In supporting individuals with ASD and family well-being, service providers need to have an understanding of the advocating role of parents and ensure that opportunities exist for their voices to be heard during service delivery.
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Journal of Children's Services, 9(3), 2014, pp.220-234.
Publisher:
Emerald
Purpose: This paper reviews the current evidence base on barriers to inclusion and successful engagement of parents in mainstream preventive services.
Design/methodology/approach: Evidence was generated using a narrative review. The paper then provides an interpretative synthesis of findings based upon an exhaustive inclusion and exclusion criteria and systematic selection of literature.
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Purpose: This paper reviews the current evidence base on barriers to inclusion and successful engagement of parents in mainstream preventive services.
Design/methodology/approach: Evidence was generated using a narrative review. The paper then provides an interpretative synthesis of findings based upon an exhaustive inclusion and exclusion criteria and systematic selection of literature.
Findings: The paper identifies barriers to successful engagement as: structural; social and cultural; and suspicion and stigma. In terms of successful engagement, it identifies personal relations between staff and service users, practical issues, service culture, consultation, information and targeting, service delivery, and community development and co-production approaches.
Research limitations/implications: The paper demonstrates that the evidence base is limited and not adequately theoretically grounded. It argues for more research based within a pragmatic approach, which is more theoretically and epistemologically informed.
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Subject terms:
service uptake, parents, participation, access to services;
Social Policy and Society, 11(2), April 2012, pp.289-298.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Research into parent abuse is still in its infancy and research findings regarding its extent and characteristics are widely disputed. The research that exists is characterised by diverse and discrete methodological approaches which have produced somewhat inconsistent findings. The aim of this critical review is to examine these different research approaches and discuss the methodological challenges which they present. Four main methods which have produced knowledge about parent abuse are discussed: secondary analysis of criminal justice data; large-scale epidemiological surveys; interview data elicited from intervention groups; and case studies and typological analyses derived from clinical samples. The review concludes by providing suggestions as to how research might develop to produce a more coherent and contextual methodology which does justice to the complexities of the topic. Parent abuse is a relational and contextual phenomenon, and the next step should be to move beyond researching individuals and dyads and to explore how parent abuse operates within community, national and global contexts.
Research into parent abuse is still in its infancy and research findings regarding its extent and characteristics are widely disputed. The research that exists is characterised by diverse and discrete methodological approaches which have produced somewhat inconsistent findings. The aim of this critical review is to examine these different research approaches and discuss the methodological challenges which they present. Four main methods which have produced knowledge about parent abuse are discussed: secondary analysis of criminal justice data; large-scale epidemiological surveys; interview data elicited from intervention groups; and case studies and typological analyses derived from clinical samples. The review concludes by providing suggestions as to how research might develop to produce a more coherent and contextual methodology which does justice to the complexities of the topic. Parent abuse is a relational and contextual phenomenon, and the next step should be to move beyond researching individuals and dyads and to explore how parent abuse operates within community, national and global contexts.
Community Work and Family, 14(4), November 2011, pp.449-468.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
This review explores the relationship between parental work schedules and child academic achievement. Existing research focused on that relationship has been narrow in scope and has largely ignored the issue of underlying mechanisms. The review seeks to explore those shortcomings by introducing a conceptual framework that sets out some potential pathways through which parental work schedules might exert an impact on the academic achievement of children. Characteristics of parental work schedules that might be relevant in today's rapidly changing world are identified and connected to child achievement by way of a review of research evidence supporting each of the links in the proposed framework. Finally, the review draws on existing research to suggest some ways in which governments, employers, and families might mitigate any risks to child achievement conveyed through the pathways presented in the framework.
This review explores the relationship between parental work schedules and child academic achievement. Existing research focused on that relationship has been narrow in scope and has largely ignored the issue of underlying mechanisms. The review seeks to explore those shortcomings by introducing a conceptual framework that sets out some potential pathways through which parental work schedules might exert an impact on the academic achievement of children. Characteristics of parental work schedules that might be relevant in today's rapidly changing world are identified and connected to child achievement by way of a review of research evidence supporting each of the links in the proposed framework. Finally, the review draws on existing research to suggest some ways in which governments, employers, and families might mitigate any risks to child achievement conveyed through the pathways presented in the framework.
Children and Youth Services Review, 32(7), July 2010, pp.945-964.
Publisher:
Elsevier
... paediatric bipolar is a childhood manifestation of classical bipolar. The article discusses the changes in the DSM IV which greatly expanded the types of persons included under the bipolar label, and reviews studies examining the children of parents with well-characterised bipolar I and studies examining children of parents meeting criteria under the expanded definition of bipolar. It concludes that only children of parents meeting criteria for bipolar under the expanded definition are similar to children being diagnosed with paediatric bipolar, while the children of parents with classical bipolar I are not similar. Because of this, the article questions the usefulness of having broadened the bipolar label to children and, perhaps, their parents. The article ends with studies suggesting that some
A new diagnosis for children has emerged in the last decade: paediatric bipolar disorder. Children who, in the past, would have been given other diagnoses are now being relabelled as paediatric bipolar. This paper examines whether the children being labelled with this belong to the same population as well-characterised bipolar I disorder of the past. It begins with a description of well-characterised bipolar I adults of the past, and retrospective studies examining the childhood characteristics of adults with bipolar are reviewed. The paper then examines the types of children receiving the diagnosis of paediatric bipolar and delineates how the behaviour of these children differs from the pattern of behaviour exhibited by adults with classical bipolar, thus raising the question of whether paediatric bipolar is a childhood manifestation of classical bipolar. The article discusses the changes in the DSM IV which greatly expanded the types of persons included under the bipolar label, and reviews studies examining the children of parents with well-characterised bipolar I and studies examining children of parents meeting criteria under the expanded definition of bipolar. It concludes that only children of parents meeting criteria for bipolar under the expanded definition are similar to children being diagnosed with paediatric bipolar, while the children of parents with classical bipolar I are not similar. Because of this, the article questions the usefulness of having broadened the bipolar label to children and, perhaps, their parents. The article ends with studies suggesting that some children meeting criteria for bipolar behaviour will grow out of this behaviour.
Child Abuse Review, 19(2), March 2010, pp.107-129.
Publisher:
Wiley
This literature review revealed 23 articles, mostly from North America and Asia (but including one Botswana/Swaziland study) and often over 10 years old, on the attitudes, knowledge and practices of mainly mothers, with regards to parental management of the risks and prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA). One gap in research was the lack of assessment of how parents defined CSA. Most parents thought strangers posed the greatest threat to children and much preventative practice tended to focus on ‘stranger danger’. Knowledge of symptoms specific to sexual abuse was limited. Many Chinese parents did not believe women could abuse children and feared teaching their children too much about sex. Many in the US were sceptical of abuse claims by children. Parents, from many different socioeconomic policy makers and help construct prevention programmes aimed at parents, to meet the demand that the increased concern about the rates of child sexual abuse has caused.
This literature review revealed 23 articles, mostly from North America and Asia (but including one Botswana/Swaziland study) and often over 10 years old, on the attitudes, knowledge and practices of mainly mothers, with regards to parental management of the risks and prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA). One gap in research was the lack of assessment of how parents defined CSA. Most parents thought strangers posed the greatest threat to children and much preventative practice tended to focus on ‘stranger danger’. Knowledge of symptoms specific to sexual abuse was limited. Many Chinese parents did not believe women could abuse children and feared teaching their children too much about sex. Many in the US were sceptical of abuse claims by children. Parents, from many different socioeconomic groups, wished to share responsibility for informing their children as it was a difficult topic, especially for fathers, but the figures did fluctuate over 25 years. North American studies revealed a minimal attendance to CSA prevention programmes. It is hoped that this and the future, country specific, ‘inclusive of fathers’ research with higher risk families that the author calls for, will inform policy makers and help construct prevention programmes aimed at parents, to meet the demand that the increased concern about the rates of child sexual abuse has caused.
Subject terms:
parents, prevention, attitudes, child sexual abuse;
This paper was written in response to the Hearts and Minds Agenda Group recommendation that research is conducted into the experiences of children of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parents. This paper presents a review of the findings from eight papers identified by experts in the field and an internal literature search. It should be noted that these identified papers were predominantly focused on lesbian and gay parenting and not on parents identifying as bisexual or transgender. This paper is divided into three chapters. Chapter One sets out our reason for undertaking this review and the aims and objectives that we wanted to address. Chapter Two details the literature search results. Finally, Chapter Three discusses the review findings - what the authors of these eight papers say in relation to the experiences of children of LGBT parents.
This paper was written in response to the Hearts and Minds Agenda Group recommendation that research is conducted into the experiences of children of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parents. This paper presents a review of the findings from eight papers identified by experts in the field and an internal literature search. It should be noted that these identified papers were predominantly focused on lesbian and gay parenting and not on parents identifying as bisexual or transgender. This paper is divided into three chapters. Chapter One sets out our reason for undertaking this review and the aims and objectives that we wanted to address. Chapter Two details the literature search results. Finally, Chapter Three discusses the review findings - what the authors of these eight papers say in relation to the experiences of children of LGBT parents.