Motherhood in Adult Children of Alcoholics

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cityu.schoolDivision of Arts and Sciences
cityu.siteCalgary
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorAdam, Tristyn
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-16T01:04:26Z
dc.date.available2020-12-16T01:04:26Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-15
dc.description.abstractAdult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) grew up in homes where one or both parents struggled with alcohol abuse. Countless children and families are impacted by intergenerational alcohol abuse and suffer in silence as they often do not receive the assistance they need. This qualitative phenomenological study aims to describe the essence of parenting experiences of eight women who identify as adult children of alcoholics. I employed Moustakas' (1994) transcendental phenomenology to understand the essence of the participants' experience. I conducted single in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview style and utilized a modified van Kaam (1966) method to analyze the transcript of each interview. Four major themes emerged: silence and disconnection, personal impacts on the participants, caregiving roles, and cycle breaking. The participants demonstrated a nuanced understanding that they can be impacted by their childhood yet still break the cycle of intergenerational addiction and violence. Both endless pain from childhood trauma and restorative healing are possible non-mutually exclusive narratives of mothers who identify as ACOAs.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/964
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectadult children of alcoholics
dc.subjectintergenerational
dc.subjectsilence
dc.subjectmotherhood
dc.subjectcycle breaking
dc.titleMotherhood in Adult Children of Alcoholics
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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