eprintid: 10159327 rev_number: 19 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/15/93/27 datestamp: 2022-11-16 10:49:01 lastmod: 2024-01-30 17:18:22 status_changed: 2022-11-16 10:49:01 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Maynard, Emma creators_name: Sims-Schouten, Wendy creators_name: Fairchild, Nikki creators_name: Warhurst, Amy title: Family stories; investigating trauma-informed narratives, change behaviours and environments in complex family experiences ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B03 divisions: C01 divisions: K22 keywords: parents; children; family; qualitative psychology; social care note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: This article presents our Family Stories model identifying self-reported change behaviours and environments by families developed from our two-phase research in an inner-city area in the south of England. The research focused on parents whose families had experienced complex issues affecting the behaviour, wellbeing, learning and/or safety of children, and who had received social care support from services that had broadly adopted a trauma-informed approach. We identified parents’ self-reported change behaviours and environments, in the context of the high rate of families relapsing and returning for multiple episodes of support. We also identify key challenges to securing long-term positive change, including the barriers to nurturing a strong and successful parenting identity, in which parents are more able to sustain positive change. Our model identifies four enablers, evident in the self-reported change behaviours narrated by our participants: community, allyship, strategy and mastery. date: 2023-11 date_type: published publisher: The Policy Press official_url: https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16697219676128 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1988104 doi: 10.1332/204674321X16697219676128 lyricists_name: Sims-Schouten, Wolterdina lyricists_id: WSIMS74 actors_name: Sims-Schouten, Wolterdina actors_id: WSIMS74 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Families, Relationships and Societies volume: 12 number: 4 pagerange: 519-536 issn: 2046-7435 citation: Maynard, Emma; Sims-Schouten, Wendy; Fairchild, Nikki; Warhurst, Amy; (2023) Family stories; investigating trauma-informed narratives, change behaviours and environments in complex family experiences. Families, Relationships and Societies , 12 (4) pp. 519-536. 10.1332/204674321X16697219676128 <https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16697219676128>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10159327/1/FINAL%20ACCEPTED%20PURE%20VERSION.pdf