The Lived Experience of Mothers of Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused‐ an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Mothers perceived the abuse of their child as incompatible with their view of themselves as good parents, leading to internalized feelings of shame as well as externalized feelings of anger and injustice. This had implications for the mothers' relationship with their child and confidence in parenting.

Authors

Donncha Hanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-4842)
Dympna Browne
Clare Howie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4359-6831)
Julie‐Ann Jordan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8037-404X)
Kevin F. W. Dyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6922-1157)

Institutions

Queen's University Belfast (GB)
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (GB)
Northern Health and Social Care Trust (GB)

Publication Details

Journal: Journal of Clinical Psychology
Published: 2025-10-21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.70057
Primary Topic: Child Abuse and Trauma
Type: article
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article

The Lived Experience of Mothers of Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused‐ an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Donncha Hanna, Dympna Browne, Clare Howie, Julie‐Ann Jordan et al.

Oct 21, 2025

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Child Abuse and Trauma

article

The Lived Experience of Mothers of Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused‐ an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Donncha Hanna, Dympna Browne, Clare Howie, Julie‐Ann Jordan, Kevin F. W. Dyer

October 21, 2025article en

Abstract

Mothers perceived the abuse of their child as incompatible with their view of themselves as good parents, leading to internalized feelings of shame as well as externalized feelings of anger and injustice. This had implications for the mothers' relationship with their child and confidence in parenting.

Journal of Clinical PsychologyVol. 82(2)

Queen's University Belfast (GB), Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (GB), Northern Health and Social Care Trust (GB)

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Child Abuse and Trauma

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