Domestic Violence And Pregnancy Essay

Domestic Violence During Pregnancy

Violence against woman is a common and public social problem that has been going on during many years. “The influence of domestic violence on the development of the attachment relationship between a mother and a young child” is an article by Levendsoky Alitia A., Bogat Anne G. and Alissa C Huth-Bocks. This article is a study about the reaction of women who suffered from domestic violence (DV) during pregnancy, towards her child and themselves as mothers. The study showed that exposure to DV during the pregnancy period was uniquely and significantly related to the earliest forms of parenting, and to later parenting behaviors and child attachment. The exposure to DV also disrupted mother-child relationship, compared to other women in a different situation. Furthermore, DV during pregnancy prevents woman from

In addition, prenatal representations predict observed maternal parenting at age 1 (Dayton, Levendosky, Davidson, & Bogat, 2010). Mullender et al. (2002), in a mixed methods study found; "Women describe how being hyper vigilant, 'constantly on guard', as well as the violence led to exhaustion and therefore less energy for the children" (p. 160) The complexity of mothering in domestic violence was exemplified in a study by Levendosky et al. (2000) which used semi-structured interviews. In this study, when women were asked to describe their experiences, the majority of women thought their mothering was affected both positively and negatively by domestic violence.We can see that many studies conclude on the same result , the mother-child relationship is affected by