Tortured families: a Coordinated Management of Meaning analysis

Family Process
E Montgomery

Abstract

Torture is known to affect both the individual and the family. The aim of the present study was to reach a better understanding of the significance of communication and information about parental exposure to violence in torture-surviving families. The theoretical background is Social Constructionism and Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM). In-depth interviews were carried out with 14 members of 3 Middle Eastern refugee families living in Denmark in which the father had been exposed to torture. The 3 families experienced their life stories and situations as refugees in very different ways, ranging from meaninglessness, discontinuance, and alienation to a sense of community, solidarity, and openness. Communications about past events were related to such meaning-providing contexts. The way in which parents talk with their children about torture and organized violence can be understood in terms of "stories told" and "stories lived." When stories told (e.g., the experience of torture and organized violence) are in contradiction to stories lived, a situation of ambiguity and uncertainty is created. The meaning-providing contexts for making sense of the family history of violence and exile can be more or less coherent or contradic...Continue Reading

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Nov 1, 1992·Child Abuse & Neglect·E MontgomeryB Lukman
Mar 1, 1990·Family Process·L Hoffman
Mar 30, 2001·European Journal of Public Health·E Montgomery, A Foldspang

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Citations

Apr 29, 2010·Development and Psychopathology·Edith Montgomery
Aug 17, 2011·Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum·E Montgomery
Mar 24, 2018·Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry·Lucia De HaenePeter Rober
Feb 22, 2018·Trauma, Violence & Abuse·E C C Carla van OsM E Margrite Kalverboer
Feb 1, 2019·Transcultural Psychiatry·Nina Thorup DalgaardRaija-Leena Punamäki
May 31, 2018·European Journal of Psychotraumatology·Raija-Leena PunamäkiKirsi Peltonen

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