“PRISONER’S CHILDREN”: AFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FATHERS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY AND THEIR CHILDREN. AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
The experience of deprivation of liberty transforms interpersonal relationships at all levels, including the parent-child bond. These changes have an impact in the lives of children -secondary victims - depriving them of the daily presence of their father or mother, in addition to affecting the pris...
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/63 https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5174 |
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| Summary: | The experience of deprivation of liberty transforms interpersonal relationships at all levels, including the parent-child bond. These changes have an impact in the lives of children -secondary victims - depriving them of the daily presence of their father or mother, in addition to affecting the prisoner (Keijzer, en Fuller, 2002). This study focuses on the perception of the prisoners and their children -3 to 11 years old- of the affective relationship and the conditions under which it occurs, during the visit to the prisoner.Preliminary results of an exploratory qualitative study, resulting from the analysis of interviews to 11 male prisoners from a prison in Montevideo and their children, are presented. The findings include: the relevance of the visit to the family unit and the importance of the contextual and situational aspects in the construction of the parent-child relationship and its possible relationship to absenteeism. There is a clear need for further research and interventions on the subject to minimize social and psychological costs and to outline the necessary support of a dignifying parent-child relationship during and after the imprisonment period. |
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