TY - JOUR
T1 - Family stories; investigating trauma-informed narratives, change behaviours and environments for complex family experiences
AU - Maynard, Emma
AU - Sims-Schouten, Wendy
AU - Fairchild, Nikki
AU - Warhusrt, Amy
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This article presents our Family Stories model identifying self-reported change behaviours and environments by families developed from our two-phase research in an inner-city area in the south of England. The research focused on parents whose families had experienced complex issues affecting the behaviour, wellbeing, learning and/or safety of children, and who had received social care support from services that had broadly adopted a trauma-informed approach. We identified parents’ self-reported change behaviours and environments, in the context of the high rate of families relapsing and returning for multiple episodes of support. We also identify key challenges to securing long-term positive change, including the barriers to nurturing a strong and successful parenting identity, in which parents are more able to sustain positive change. Our model identifies four enablers, evident in the self-reported change behaviours narrated by our participants: community, allyship, strategy and mastery.
AB - This article presents our Family Stories model identifying self-reported change behaviours and environments by families developed from our two-phase research in an inner-city area in the south of England. The research focused on parents whose families had experienced complex issues affecting the behaviour, wellbeing, learning and/or safety of children, and who had received social care support from services that had broadly adopted a trauma-informed approach. We identified parents’ self-reported change behaviours and environments, in the context of the high rate of families relapsing and returning for multiple episodes of support. We also identify key challenges to securing long-term positive change, including the barriers to nurturing a strong and successful parenting identity, in which parents are more able to sustain positive change. Our model identifies four enablers, evident in the self-reported change behaviours narrated by our participants: community, allyship, strategy and mastery.
KW - Parent
KW - Children
KW - Family
KW - Qualitative psychology
KW - SOCIAL CARE
U2 - 10.1332/204674321X16697219676128
DO - 10.1332/204674321X16697219676128
M3 - Article
SN - 2046-7443
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Families, Relationships & Societies
JF - Families, Relationships & Societies
ER -