Children's experiences and needs in relation to domestic and family violence: Findings from a meta‐synthesis

Noble‐Carr, Debbie; Moore, Tim; McArthur, Morag

doi:10.1111/cfs.12645

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“…The victims expressed their feelings using words such as “fear,” “afraid,” “scared,” and “unsafe” which signify the perceived severity of the violent acts reported. Their emotional expressions echo evidence from a meta-analysis of global qualitative studies that uncovered that children who experienced family violence felt scared and had persistent sense of fear and worry for their safety ( 45 ).…”

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How Can I Feel Safe at Home? Adolescents' Experiences of Family Violence in Ghana

Addae¹,

Tang²

2021

Front. Public Health

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Despite the implementation of various national legal frameworks and global policies such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to combat violence against young people, family violence against young people is prevalent, especially in WHO African region. Although, research on child maltreatment, specifically, for young children has received considerable attention in Ghana recently, there is little research on adolescents' experiences of such family violence. In this paper, we report the experiences and perceptions of adolescents with respect to family violence they had suffered or witnessed, and analyze the socio-ecological factors and power dynamics at home that contribute to such violence. The study employs a qualitative approach and the data comprise focus group discussion with 56 adolescents from 14 schools in seven districts of Ghana. The findings show that several adolescents in Ghana feel unsafe at home. They experience physical, psychological, and sexual violence as well as exposure to intimate partner violence, exploitation, and neglect. These violent acts were severe, with dire consequences such as permanent impairment and suicide. Perpetrators include all types of carers. The violent acts are often surreptitious and poly-victimization is common. The results also reveal that three main socio-ecological factors perpetuate and legitimize family violence: patriarchy, the normalization of corporal punishment as a method of child discipline, and superstitious beliefs about health. In general, carers demonstrate their superiority and control over the adolescents in an authoritarian manner, thereby, making the adolescents powerless. Implications of the study for policy and practice are discussed.

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How Can I Feel Safe at Home? Adolescents' Experiences of Family Violence in Ghana

Addae¹,

Tang²

2021

Front. Public Health

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“…With the aim of protecting the victims and empowering them (Sainio et al, 2011), this article presents for the first time in the world the name of IGV, which represents a broader manner of describing how the attacks towards victims' supporters pretend to isolate them. In the existing research on intimate partner violence, Brownridge and colleagues (2020) refer to perpetrators' socially isolating behaviors and describe it as an isolating experience for children exposed to it (Noble-Carr et al, 2020;Vermeire, 2020). On the other hand, the article describes the process of creating the concept of Isolating Gender Violence.…”

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The concept and the name of Isolating Gender Violence

Vidu

Puigvert

García

et al. 2021

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In December 2020, the Catalan Parliament approved by unanimity the world’s first legislation of the concept of Isolating Gender Violence (IGV); in 2021, several parliaments are developing their own legislations. The elaboration of this concept and later this name has been a long and dialogic process among diverse scientists, policymakers, governments, parliaments, victims, survivors, social organizations and citizens. Since 2016, CREA (Community of Research on Excellence for All) has developed a process of elaborating the concept of IGV oriented to obtain the scientific, policy and social impact required to make a key contribution to overcoming gender violence. This process was simultaneous to the elaboration by the same researchers of the criteria of policy and societal impact of the EU’s scientific programme of research (Horizon Europe). This paper presents this dialogic research conducted to get the concept and the name IGV and the consequences of this concept along scientific, policy and social impact. The results show that the key for getting the name and the impacts of this scientific robust concept has been three of the main characteristics of the present EU research program Horizon Europe: the priority of social impact, the co-creation of knowledge between scientists and citizens and sustainability.

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“…Categories included geographical concerns around isolation and movement; practical problems, such as barriers to help-seeking; as well as emotional challenges, such as shame and fear, as they relate specifically to rurality. Codes were applied by all three researchers in line with the principles of thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) and drawing on previous qualitative meta-syntheses (Noble-Carr et al, 2019;Jovanovski & Cook, 2019).…”

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The impact of rurality on women's 'space for action' in domestic violence: Findings from a meta-synthesis

Farhall¹,

Harris²,

Woodlock³

2020

International Journal of Rural Criminology

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Men's violence against women is a global human rights issue, with domestic violence one of the most common forms (World Health Organization, 2017). The consequences of domestic violence include detrimental effects on victim-survivors' health, well-being, and sense of safety. To understand these impacts, the concept of 'space for action' seeks to evaluate how perpetrators of domestic violence narrow women's life choices, constraining their freedom (Kelly, 2003). In this article, we build upon the concept of 'space for action' by examining if, and how, rural geographical space and place can be used by perpetrators to constrict women's options for escape, or even shape the violence itself. In conducting a meta-synthesis of 32 global studies, we found similarities in rural women's experiences of violence. Perpetrators used both geographical space and rural social norms to constrain women's space for action. In particular, geographical and social isolation were used to hold women in literal captivity. Rural communities were often experienced as shaming and ostracizing. This provided women with few opportunities to help-seek and aided perpetrators in reducing women's spaces for safety. Women's space for action was also curtailed in the realms of finance, employment, and their ability to care for their children. These findings demonstrate that geographical place and space can be used by perpetrators to narrow and limit women's space for action. As such, rurality should be included in understanding how men's violence limits women's freedoms.

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Children's experiences and needs in relation to domestic and family violence: Findings from a meta‐synthesis

Cited by 69 publications

References 49 publications

How Can I Feel Safe at Home? Adolescents' Experiences of Family Violence in Ghana

How Can I Feel Safe at Home? Adolescents' Experiences of Family Violence in Ghana

The concept and the name of Isolating Gender Violence

The impact of rurality on women's 'space for action' in domestic violence: Findings from a meta-synthesis

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