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Uxoricide: a phenomenological study of adult survivors
Barbara Parker1, Richard Steeves, Sarah Anderson
1University of Virginia, School of Nursing Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. bparker@virginia.edu
Abstract:
The effect on children of the murder of a parent by the other parent, uxoricide, is immediate and devastating. Usually in a single act, the child loses both parents, one to death and the other to the criminal justice system. This is a report on a qualitative study, with a sample of seven adults, designed to explore the experiences of these children as they grow to adulthood. The major themes developed in the data analysis include (1) a surprising lack of anger regarding the perpetrator, (2) intimate abuse in later personal relationships, and (3) a beginning description of paths to recovery.
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