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Child’s Play: Rebuilding attachment between mothers and children following domestic violence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Natalie Worth  and
Peter Mertin
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Abstract

Domestic violence is a serious problem in our community. The effects on women victims can be severe, producing both physical and emotional health problems. Children too can be similarly affected, as witnesses to parental violence and as the focus of parental abuse. For both there can be the further difficulty of a breakdown in their interactions which can lead to damaged attachment. While recovery from violence depends ultimately upon guaranteed safety for the victims, the process can be enhanced by repairing the bonds of attachment between mother and child. A program has been developed to rebuild damaged attachment which addresses issues in a child-focussed manner using movement, games and play.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , 1997 , pp. 35 - 37
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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