Integrating empirical evidence to advance knowledge on resilience in young persons exposed to intimate partner violence

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dc.contributor.authorCameranesi, Margherita
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBrownridge, Douglas (Community Health Sciences) Ripat, Jacquie (Occupational Therapy) Shooshtari, Shahin (Community Health Sciences) Theron, Linda (Educational Psychology Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorPiotrowski, Caroline (Community Health Sciences)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-14T15:43:49Z
dc.date.available2021-01-14T15:43:49Z
dc.date.copyright2021-01-11
dc.date.issued2021-01en_US
dc.date.submitted2020-12-23T01:56:22Zen_US
dc.date.submitted2021-01-06T22:22:53Zen_US
dc.date.submitted2021-01-11T16:12:25Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineApplied Health Sciencesen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractStatement of the problem. This thesis takes a strength-based approach to focus on resilience and positive coping strategies in children and adolescents who have experienced one specific adverse childhood experience (ACE) that is exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) within the family. To date, the specific resilient developmental pathways and resilience processes of children and adolescents exposed to IPV are still not well understood. The overarching purpose of this doctoral thesis was to fill some important gaps in the existing resilience literature and advance clinically relevant knowledge on the resilience processes and positive coping strategies that characterize children and adolescents exposed to IPV. Methods. The overarching objective of this thesis was addressed by conducting three independent but interrelated studies whose findings were then integrated in the final step of this project into a mixed methods study. The three individual studies involved a scoping review, a qualitative study that used a grounded theory approach and a population-based retrospective cohort study; the findings of Study 2 and 3 were integrated into a one-phase mixed methods convergent parallel study (QUAL + QUAN). Results. In Study 1, 13 studies investigating profiles of adjustment in children and adolescents exposed to IPV were reviewed; all studies identified at least one resilient profile of adjustment as well as several factors that significantly predicted resilient profile membership in the study populations. Similarly, in Study 3, a resilient profile of adjustment was identified in boys and girls aged 6-11 residing in Manitoba; several significant predictors of resilient profile membership were also identified. In Study 2, 13 children and adolescents aged 9 to 17 described a variety of positive coping strategies they used to effectively cope with adversity in their lives. In accordance with the multisystemic resilience framework adopted throughout this project, the resilience-promoting factors identified across the three studies included in this thesis were classified into categories of individual-, family- and community-level resources. Conclusions. Conclusions were drawn from the findings of the three studies included in this thesis, as well as from their integration in the mixed methods study. These conclusions have the potential to offer a unique contribution to the development of future research, policies, and prevention and intervention programs for vulnerable families experiencing significant adversity.en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2021en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/35235
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectResilience; Coping Strategies; Adversity; Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs); Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).en_US
dc.titleIntegrating empirical evidence to advance knowledge on resilience in young persons exposed to intimate partner violenceen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
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