RT Article
T1 “I Worry About My Kids’ Safety When They Visit”: Mothers’ Perceptions of Father/Child Post-Separation Contact in the Context of IPV
JF Violence against women
VO 31
IS 5
SP 1150
OP 1173
A1 Tutty, Leslie M.
A2 Nixon, Kendra L.
A2 Radtke, H. Lorraine
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1919476253
AB After separation because of intimate partner violence, fathers’ contact with children can be problematic. This mixed methods secondary analysis focused on 280 Canadian separated/divorced mothers who were 48.4% White, 45.1% Indigenous, and 6.5% Visible Minority. Of 176 fathers, 105 (59.7%) had regular visits and, 71 (40.3%) visited sporadically; 104 had no contact. Comments from half the mothers (54.3%) with regular father–child visits indicated worry, and 41.9% of all mothers perceived their children as sad/upset and another 14.5% as angry/acting out in response to visitation. Recommendations to address mothers’ and children's issues with respect to problematic father–child contact are provided.
K1 Violence against women
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 child visitation
K1 Child custody
K1 child access and contact
DO 10.1177/10778012231225232