A Present Absence: Representations of Palestinian Children in the Home

Akesson, Bree; Grinberg, Omri

doi:10.1108/s1537-466120200000027011

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“…On the other hand, strict social control within the family creates a sense of social suffocation that prevents individuation, especially among the young generation, including children (Akesson & Grinberg, 2020). A lack of individual freedom is a consequence of being controlled and judged by family members, both at a nuclear and extended level (Kortam, 2018).…”

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Human (in)security and psychological well‐being in Palestinian children living amidst military violence: A qualitative participatory research using interactive maps

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Cavazzoni

Fiorini³

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Background: Research has widely evidenced the effects of war and political violence on the functioning of children, with a great accord in diagnosing children's psychological burdens related to their exposure to violence. Yet, within this literature, the influence of the chronic sense of insecurity on their psychological functioning during and after hostilities remains unexplored.Methods: The present study aimed at exploring interrelated relationships between the perceived insecurity and the children's psychological well-being and their adjustment to trauma. Based on drawings and walk-along interviews with 75 Palestinian children, residents of both the West Bank and Gaza Strip, we offer an analysis of human security-related risks and protective factors that contribute to either promoting or undermining the child's psychological functioning in a context characterized by chronic instability and political violence.Results: A complex network of sources of security and insecurity emerged from the narratives depicting an ecological portrait encompassing the determinants of children's mental health and psychological functioning. The TCA led to the identification of eight main themes: school and associativism; social relations and house as a source of security/insecurity; military occupation as a source of insecurity; national and political identity as a source of safety; mosque and spirituality as a source of safety/unsafety; environment as a source of security/insecurity; and mental health.Discussion: An approach encompassing human security as an explicative model can help in exhaustively portraying the complexity of the Palestinian children's suffering and their competence in adjusting to their traumatic reality. The study draws attention to social, political, environmental and economic determinants of children psychological well-being.

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Human (in)security and psychological well‐being in Palestinian children living amidst military violence: A qualitative participatory research using interactive maps

Veronese

Cavazzoni

Fiorini³

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“…Children use social relationships to mirror their capabilities and competencies, occupying a pivotal role in their communities. Agency on the social relation assumes a more critical role in those collectivistic societies where commonality, connectedness, and social support are vital factors for personal and collective well-being (Akesson & Grinberg, 2020 ).…”

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Measuring agency in children: The development and validation of the War Child Agency Assessment Scale - Palestinian version (WCAAS-Pal)

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“…Children use social relationships to mirror their capabilities and competencies, occupying a pivotal role in their communities. Agency on the social relation assumes a more critical role in those collectivistic societies where commonality, connectedness and social support are vital factors for personal and collective well-being (Akesson & Grinberg, 2020).…”

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Measuring agency in children: the development and validation of the War Child Agency Assessment Scale - Palestinian version (WCAAS-Pal).

Veronese

Pepe

Cavazzoni

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In the present article, we aimed at construing a new quantitative measure of children's agency in Palestine. Within a socio-ecological and culturally and contextually informed perspective, the study introduces the development of a new instrument to investigate and evaluate children's agentic practices within their living contexts and their daily lives. First, we evaluated the model of measurement of WCAAS-Pal using a sequential exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Following the principles of testing a quantitative measure in the context of the dual-frame sampling method, the process of validating the quantitative measure was conducted on a group of 1,166 Palestinian children aged 9 to 14 years (m = 11.58, sd = 1.54). Second, a sample of 251 Palestinian children aged between 9 and 14 years (m = 11.82, sd = 1.53) was used to compute the reliability of the instrument along with both convergent and divergent validity using the Children Hope Scale and the Children Revised Impact of Event Scale-Arabic Version measures, respectively. The results of the EFA suggested a baseline seven-factor structure to be further assessed via CFA. A complex web of agency domains that might contribute to the child psychological functioning when forced to leave in conditions of ongoing threat and military violence emerged from the analysis.

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A Present Absence: Representations of Palestinian Children in the Home

Cited by 3 publications

References 43 publications

Human (in)security and psychological well‐being in Palestinian children living amidst military violence: A qualitative participatory research using interactive maps

Human (in)security and psychological well‐being in Palestinian children living amidst military violence: A qualitative participatory research using interactive maps

Measuring agency in children: The development and validation of the War Child Agency Assessment Scale - Palestinian version (WCAAS-Pal)

Measuring agency in children: the development and validation of the War Child Agency Assessment Scale - Palestinian version (WCAAS-Pal).

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