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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-54).

When It comes to the basic perspectives on personal and social reality, it is commonly assumed that these perspectives are learned within the parent-child relafionship. As a result, the family has been typically accorded a place of primary importance the explanation of socialisation. But another influence has been lurking in the background- the mass media . Media influence upon ~hildren has generally been assumed to be significant, with powerful, long lasting consequences. However, traditional explanatory attempts have predominantly dealt with the effects of media violence on juvenile behaviour. The result has been a relative neglect of empirical analysis of media socialisation as it relates to detinquent behaviour. a matter that the present study attempted to rectify. The present study proposes that the media's commitment to conformity varies in degree of congruence with societal expectations and this variation is directly "transmitted to the child influencing the child's behaviour. / Criminology and Security Science / M.A.

The effects of having witnessed their fathers’ violent behaviour impacts on daughters for a long period afterwards, even in adulthood. This study explores this phenomenon by means of literature review and interviews. The literature indicates that the effects of paternal violence is linked to forced maturity, secrecy, pretending, self-blame, and negative impact on the daughter’s relationships with both parents. A narrative approach was used to interview three adult participants. The conversations were analysed using thematic analysis and hermeneutics. Themes that emerged include avoidance, ambivalence towards the parents, aggression, assertiveness, and over-responsibility. There is a tendency to avoid intense, emotionally-laden, ambiguous and unpredictable situations through the use of interpersonal vigilance, an emotionally strong poise, distancing, being agreeable and devoutness. Also, there is a fear of becoming just like their abusive father. The psychological impact of being witness to a father’s violent behaviours has long-lasting effects on daughters. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

A violência doméstica contra a criança e o adolescente é considerada um fenômeno multifacetado que diz respeito às relações com abuso de poder entre pessoas que estabelecem vínculo afetivo de parentesco e/ou de convivência. Seu locus de manifestação tem sido a família em que, os adultos pais e mães são os autores, sujeitos e produtores dessa violência, enquanto as crianças e os adolescentes têm sido as pessoas que vivem em situação de violência doméstica. É um drama familiar que se constitui no coletivo, atravessado pela cultura, economia, religião e política. É neste cenário que o presente trabalho se desenvolve. Norteado por uma metodologia de natureza qualitativa, tem como objetivo compreender como as famílias, em situação de violência doméstica, atendidas por uma Organização Não-Governamental rompem com este cenário. Os participantes foram cinco famílias compostas por adultos, crianças e adolescentes, atores sociais que residem na cidade de Recife e Região Metropolitana. O instrumento utilizado foi a entrevista semiestruturada com perguntas concernentes à ruptura da violência doméstica contra a criança e o adolescente. Os dados coletados foram submetidos à Análise de Conteúdo, com o propósito de identificar os núcleos de sentidos que englobam quatro eixos temáticos: violências identificadas; vínculos: relações de afeto e poder; dinâmica familiar e processo de ruptura e caminhos para o rompimento. Através da análise do material coletado nas entrevistas, foi identificada a presença de violência física e psicológica doméstica no seio da família, sendo a mulher e mãe a principal autora dessas violências contra seus filhos e filhas. No entanto, o que chama atenção nas famílias pesquisadas é que a ruptura da violência doméstica começa a partir das próprias autoras, quando rompem com o pacto do silêncio, falando sobre as violências vividas, em um grupo de discussão composto por mulheres, facilitado por uma Organização Não-Governamental. As considerações finais sinalizam que: refazer os seus vínculos de afeto, rever e modificar sua dinâmica familiar e romper com a violência doméstica ocorreram a partir do rompimento do pacto do silêncio, ao estabelecer relações para além do convívio familiar. / Domestic violence against children and adolescents is considered as multifaceted phenomenon that is concerned to relations with power misuse among persons that would establish kinship and/or living together affective ties and they do not act like this. Its domestic violence manifestation locus has been the family which the adults fathers and mothers, i.e. parents, are themselves authors in, this violence subjects and producers, while the children and adolescents have, for their side, have been the persons that live under domestic violence situation. This is a familiar drama that has been framed within the collective world, transverse culture, economy, religion and politics. It is in this scenario that this work has been developed. Guided by a qualitative nature methodology, it this work aims at understanding the way families, within a domestic violence situation, attended by a Non-Governmental Organization, break through this scenario. Five families, constituted by adults, children and adolescents, all of themselves social actors that dwell in Recife city and its Recifes Metropolitan Regions have been participants in this research. The used instrument was the semistructured interview with questions concerning the domestic violence rupture against children and adolescents. The collected data have been subdued to a Content Analysis, aiming at identifying the senses that embody four thematic axes: identified violences, ties, affection and power relations, familiar dynamics and rupture process and ways toward to breaking out. Through material analysis, collected in the interviews, it has been identified domestic physical and psychological violence presence within families, being the woman and the mother these violences against her sons and daughters principal author. However, which attracts full attention among the researched families in the fact that the domestic violence rupture starts from the authors themselves, as they break out with the silence pact and start speaking about it, revealing the violence they have lived through and they have spoken out in a discussion group, constituted by women, which was dully made easy by a Non-Governmental Organization. The final considerations signal that: remaking their affection ties, reviewing and modifyind their familiar dynamics and breaking out with the domestic violence happened departing the silence pact rupture, as they establish relations further beyond their familiar living together.

M.Sc. / The present study describes the experiences of participants on an Adventure Therapy project at the Ekupholeni Mental Health Clinic in Katlehong. It details an account of the violence, both political and everyday, that face South Africans, particularly children and youth. It also attempts to detail the reconstructive challenges facing a democratic South Africa on the road towards healing. The implicit values underlying the research process are the values of Community Psychology and the Action Research method. Themes were drawn from four taped interview (two group and two individual) sessions. These themes suggest that participants have had positive experiences of pride, dignity, control, responsibility and unity through involvement with the project. These experiences are however not without their contradictions. An attempt has also been made to report on this dialectic. The study makes recommendations regarding the improved functioning of this project and also more widely applicable lessons for working with communities. The recreation of community is a struggle better expressed as a process rather than an event. Further documentation of this project is recommended to build on this baseline data.

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The aim of this study was to gain a greater knowledge and understanding of how staff in non-profit women shelters meet children's needs and rights in safe houses for women, and how staff in safe houses for women relate to children's participation. The study was based on a qualitative method where seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff in non-profit women shelters across Sweden. The empirical data has been analyzed based on previous research and the theoretical framework: sociology of childhood and the ladder of participation. The results show that the staff try to maintain the children's everyday life by creating routines for the children with school and activities. At the same time, it appears that there are difficulties to maintain children's everyday life because of the safety strategies that the safe houses for women have. The staff describe that they try to involve the children in the safe house for women, we have however discovered that the participation does not exceed the fifth step of the ladder of participation. In conclusion the children receive support in the safe house for women, in form of support talk. But because the children are accompanying their mother, it creates an inequality between the different women shelters. Where everyday life and support for the children differs around different women shelters in Sweden.

Syftet med studien var att ta reda på socialsekreterares upplevelser om hur coronapandemin bidragit till våld i hemmet, samt hur de arbetade mot det under rådande omständigheter. Det var en kvalitativ studie med semistrukturerad intervju som datainsamlingsmetod. Åtta stycken socialsekreterare intervjuades och den insamlade datan analyserades genom tematisk analys. De teoretiska ramarna som applicerades vid analysering i denna studie var intersektionalitet och systemteori. Resultat visade att orosanmälningar hade ökat sedan utbrottet av coronapandemin med en tydlighet att oron hade varit våldsrelaterat. Resultat visade även att genomförandet av bedömningar och utredningar hos socialtjänsten begränsades på grund av restriktioner. Med en systemteoretisk teoriram kunde en slutsats dras att coronapandemin var en relevant bidragande faktor till familjerelaterat våld. / The aim of the study was to find out social workers' experiences of how the corona pandemic contributed to domestic violence, as well as how they worked against it under the prevailing circumstances. It was a qualitative study with a semi-structured interview as a data collection method. Eight social secretaries were interviewed, and the collected data was analyzed through a thematic analysis. The theoretical frameworks applied in the analysis in this study were intersectionality and systems theory. Results showed that reports of concern had increased since the outbreak of the corona pandemic with a clarity that the reports had been violence related. Results also showed that the implementation of assessments and investigations carried out by the social services was limited due to restrictions. With a systematic theoretical framework, it could be concluded that the corona pandemic was a highly relevant contributing factor to family-related violence.

Abstract Children who live with or witness domestic violence are a vulnerable group that is difficult for society to identify and help. The children who live in these conditions can develop psychological consequences which they can carry with them for large parts of their lives. The purpose of this research was to study what professional social workers perceive as significant support for children who have witnessed domestic violence. In our research report, parental role, the first meeting with the children and the development are aspects that are highlighted for the children to receive the right support they need. Society's role to intervene, support and care for children has also been highlighted as crucial points in order for the children to receive the right support. Although this is a more difficult approach since witnessing domestic violence often is a hidden social problem, it is also accentuated that cooperation and care from everyone is important to maintain and protect children's rights. The questions that the research is based upon concern how professional social workers work with children, what obstacles and difficulties exist in the line of work, what is considered good support in working with children who and what professional social workers feel needs to be developed when it comes to support measures for children who have witnessed domestic violence. Four semi structured interviews were conducted with four different social workers with vast experience within the field. The answers we got from the interviews were analyzed via a thematical analysis. The result accentuated how different children are and how they react differently to witnessing domestic violence. The result also showed how important knowledge is in this line of work. The result also showed that social workers thought the support that is given is good but there is room for improvement and development to make the support for kids even better.