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dc.contributor.authorArditti, JA
dc.contributor.authorMcGregor, C
dc.contributor.authorDennison, S
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, S
dc.contributor.authorBesemer, K
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-04T01:51:01Z
dc.date.available2021-01-04T01:51:01Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0197-6664
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/fare.12526
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/400583
dc.description.abstractObjective: We sought to develop grounded theory regarding how mothers who share children with an incarcerated father mediate between men and their offspring. Background: Mothers' mediation can be situated at the intersection of their motherwork and their prison work. Motherwork (Collins, 1994) refers to the paid and unpaid labor that mothers on the margins do to support their families and foster their children's survival. Prison work (Codd, 2007) involves the invisible labor of supporting persons during their incarceration and reentry. A focus on maternal mediation as a proximal process that bears on justice-involved families acknowledges the inherent tension between these domains. Method: We conducted a secondary analysis of interview data from 16 Australian mothers who had at least one child whose father had a history of incarceration. Results: We identified four patterns of maternal mediation: facilitation, monitoring, constraint, and disengagement. These types connected to aspects of women's motherwork, as well as the intensity of their efforts to support children's fathers. Conclusion: Mediation is a form of women's prison-motherwork, which reflects complex and shifting strategies that are influenced by children's developmental needs and preferences, mothers' feelings about children's fathers and their importance in children's lives, and time. Implications: Women would benefit from having specialized support and counseling throughout their partner's (or former partner's) carceral confinement and reentry.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofjournalFamily Relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial and personality psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5205
dc.titleMaternal Mediation in the Context of Fathers' Incarceration and Reentry
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationArditti, JA; McGregor, C; Dennison, S; Johnson, S; Besemer, K, Maternal Mediation in the Context of Fathers' Incarceration and Reentry, Family Relations, 2020
dc.date.updated2020-12-23T22:11:42Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBesemer, Kirsten L.
gro.griffith.authorDennison, Susan M.


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