This thesis studies a specific population of children exposed to domestic violence. The theoretical part is focused on the impacts of domestic violence on emotionality and emotional development of children. It also deals with the problematic aspects of children's emotionality that are believed to be disturbed by this traumatizing experience. These particular areas were chosen based on present studies focused on the children exposed to domestic violence. The empirical part of the study was developed in cooperation with the Locika centre. It studies chosen aspects of children's emotionality in a quantitative and qualitative way. Particularly, it investigates the ability to distinguish emotions and the ability of emotion regulation within the overall cognitive development.

Våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer är ett allvarligt socialt problem i Sverige som ibland leder till dödliga konsekvenser och andra sociala konsekvenser för de utsatta. Forskning bevisa att två sociala konsekvenser av våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer är fattigdom och hemlöshet. Detta för att de flesta kvinnor som utsätts för våld i nära relationer bruka även utsättas för ekonomiskt våld. Boende kan vara ett problem för våldsutsatta kvinnor pga. exempelvis deras dåliga ekonomiska läge. Syftet med studien var att undersöka de professionellas upplevelse och erfarenheter av hur socioekonomiska faktorer som boende och ekonomi kan dröja uppbrottsprocessen från våld i nära relationer och om det förekommer utmaningar kopplade till dessa faktorer i arbetet med våldsutsatta kvinnor. Studien genomförs med kvalitativ metod genom tematisk semi-strukturerade intervjuer med fem respondenter. Det empiriska materialet analyseras med olika teorier såsom gatubyråkrati, organisationsteori och makt. Resultatet bevisa att det ekonomiska och det akuta boendebehovet bruka alltid lösa sig, men lösningen till det långsiktiga boendebehovet blir svårare, del pga. faktorer utanför socialtjänstens kontroll, som exempelvis bostadsbristen som drabbar hela landet. Resultatet uppmärksamma även vikten av kunskap om våld i nära relationer bland de professionella som jobba med våldsutsatta kvinnor samt andra människobehandlande organisationer. Slutligen, visa resultatet att de professionella möter några utmaningar i arbetet med att bestå våldsutsatta kvinnor med ekonomi och boende, nämligen, brist på kunskap, begränsade resurser, hög arbetsbelastning och avsaknad av konkreta direktiv från politiker om hur arbetet med våldsutsatta kvinnor ska utformas och genomföras. / Domestic violence against women is a serious social problem in Sweden, and sometimes leads to deadly consequences or other social consequences för the victims. Research shows that two of the social consequences of domestic violence against women are poverty and homelessness. This is due to the fact that most women who are victims of domestic violence usually also suffer economic abuse from their partners. Housing can be an issue för domestic violence victims because of their poor financial status among other reasons. The social services has the utmost responsibility to assist women who have been victims of domestic violence. The aim of this study was to investigate social workers understanding and experiences of how factors such as housing and poor financial status can delay the breakup process för women suffering domestic abuse from their partners, and if any challenges arise when working to meet these abused women's housing and financial needs. A qualitative method was used to collect data from five social workers through thematically semi-structured interviews. The results, which are presented in various themes, were analysed using theories such as street level byråcracy, organisation theory and power. The results shows that the social services usually meet the financial and immediate housing needs of these abused women but the long term housing solutions are usually a challenge, and this is mostly due to general housing shortages in Sweden. The results also highlights the importance of basic knowledge about domestic violence among social workers in particular and other human-serviceorganisations in general. Finally, the study brings to light some of the challenges that social workers encounter when working to meet domestic abused women's financial and housing needs, which are: limited knowledge about domestic violence and its consequences, limited resources, high workload and lack of concrete directives and guidelines from the government about how to suppor t and work with victims of domestic violence.

This study explored the process of negotiating music therapy in a community based setting known as The Potter’s House. The Potter’s House was established fourteen years ago as the first non-racial shelter for battered and destitute women and their children in the city of Pretoria. Furthermore, the study considers Community Music Therapy as a possible frame for music therapy practice in South Africa. The study was conducted according to a qualitative research paradigm. Three data collection sources were used to gather information about the way in which music therapy was negotiated at The Potter’s House. Data collection was in the form of interviews (conducted with the manager of The Potter’s House and the music therapy participants) as well as clinical session notes. The aim of the interviews was to explore members’ experiences and views of the music therapy process. The clinical session notes include significant information that relates to my own reflections and experiences of the music therapy process. This study seems to highlight certain factors that appear prominent in the process of negotiating music therapy in this specific shelter for battered women and their children. These factors and how they were negotiated seem to emphasize the value of a Community Music Therapy framework in the shelter context. The study further suggests that Community Music Therapy could be utilized more broadly in the South African context. / Mini Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Music / MMus / Unrestricted

Background Each year almost 1 in 3 (27%) of women (15-49y) worldwide experience lifetime physical and/or sexual domestic violence by their husbands/partners; that is almost 736 million women worldwide. According to the PDHS 2017-18, the prevalence of DV is 24% in Pakistan. The higher education level of the husband/partner in Pakistan might act as a protective factor against DV in women. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the association between the husband/partner's level of education and lifetime physical domestic violence against women. Method This quantitative cross-sectional study was based on the secondary data from Pakistan demographic health survey (PDHS) 2017-2018. The Woman's Questionnaire was used for the Data collection, and women (n = 3959) aged 30-49 in Pakistan were included. Descriptive analysis, crosstab chi-squared tests, and logistic regression analyses were performed to describe the background characteristics of the sample and evaluate the association between exposure and outcome of interest.    Results Almost 24% of the women aged 15-49 have experienced lifetime physical domestic violence by their husbands/partners. In addition, 34% of the husbands/partner had secondary education. A secondary education level lowers the odds of physical domestic violence against women (OR=0.65, CI=0.54-0.77).   Conclusion The association between the husband/partner's level of education and lifetime physical domestic violence against women was established in this study. However, improving the husband/partner’s education level might contribute to eradicating DV against women.

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Объектом исследования являются психологические особенности женщин, подвергшихся насилию. Предметом исследования являются личностные особенности женщин-жертв насилия со стороны партнеров. Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, двух глав, заключения, списка литературы (68 источников, 6 из них на иностранном языке) и приложения, включающего в себя бланки применявшихся методик. Объем магистерской диссертации 68 страниц, на которых размещены 14 рисунков. Во введении раскрывается актуальность проблемы исследования, разработанность проблематики, ставятся цель и задачи исследования, определяются объект и предмет исследования, формулируются гипотезы, указываются методы и эмпирическая база, а также этапы проведения исследования, научная новизна, теоретическая и практическая значимость работы. Первая глава включает в себя обзор иностранной и отечественной литературы по теме домашнего насилия. Представлены разделы, посвященные исследованию насилия как психологического феномена, проблем его появления во взаимоотношениях партнеров, а также психологических предикторов женщин, ставших жертвами домашнего насилия. Выводы по первой главе представляют собой итоги по изучению теоретического материала. Вторая глава посвящена эмпирической части исследования. В ней представлено описание организации и методов проведенного исследования и результатов, полученных по всем использованным методикам: методика «Уровень субъективного контроля (УСК)» (Е.Ф. Бажин, Е.А. Голынкина, А.М. Эткинд, 1984); методика оценки склонности к виктимному поведению (О.О. Андронникова, 2005); шкала самоуважения Розенберга (М. Розенберг, 1965); методика Дембо-Рубинштейн (Т.В. Дембо, С.Я. Рубинштейн, 1970) в модификации А.М. Прихожан; авторская анкета,направленная на изучение условий в родительской семье, отношению к домашнему насилию, а также определению наличия факта домашнего насилия в жизни испытуемого и его видов. Также в главе представлен анализ результатов исследования. Выводы по главе 2 включают в себя основные результаты эмпирического исследования. В заключении в обобщенном виде изложены результаты теоретической и эмпирической частей работы, а также выводы по выдвинутым гипотезам, обоснована практическая значимость исследования и описаны возможные перспективы дальнейшей разработки данной проблематики. / The object matter of the study is the psychological characteristics of women who have been subjected to violence. The subject of the study is the personal characteristics of women victims of partner violence. The master's thesis consists of an introduction, two chapters, a conclusion, a list of references (68 sources, 6 of them in a foreign language) and an appendix that includes forms of the methods used. The volume of the master's thesis is 68 pages, which contain 14 figures. The introduction reveals the relevance of the research problem, the development of the problematics, the purpose and objectives of the research are set, the object and the subject of research are determined, the basic and additional hypotheses are formulated, the methods and the empirical base are specified, as well as the stages of the research, the scientific novelty, the theoretical and practical significance of the work. The first chapter includes an overview of the domestic and foreign literature on the subject of domestic violence. Sections are presented devoted to the study of violence as a psychological phenomenon, the problems of its appearance in the relationship of partners, as well as psychological predictors of women who have become victims of domestic violence. Conclusions on the first chapter are the results of the study of theoretical material. The second chapter is devoted to the empirical part of the study. It provides a description of the organization and methods of the study and the results obtained using all the methods used: methodology "Level of subjective control (LSC)" (E.F. Bazhin, E.A. Golynkina, A.M. Etkind, 1984); methodology for assessing the propensity for victim behavior (O.O. Andronnikova, 2005); the Rosenberg self-esteem scale (M. Rosenberg, 1965); Dembo-Rubinshtein technique (T.V. Dembo, S.Ya. Rubinshtein, 1970) in the modification of A.M. Prihozhan; author's questionnaire aimed at studying the conditions in the parental family, attitudes towards domestic violence, as well as determining the presence of the fact of domestic violence in the life of the subject and its types. The chapter also presents an analysis of the results of the study. The findings of Chapter 2 are the main results of the empirical study. In conclusion, brief results of the theoretical and empirical parts of the work are presented, as well as conclusions on the hypotheses. The practical significance of the study is substantiated and possible prospects for further development of the problematics are described.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilken betydelse socialtjänstens samverkan har för bedömning av våldsutövare som också är föräldrar. Genom en kvalitativ undersökning genomfördes semistrukturerade intervjuer med tre arbetsgrupper inom socialtjänsten, informanterna i studien kommer på något vis i kontakt med våldsutövare. I syfte att skapa förståelse för resultatet har jag använt mig av organisationsteori, samverkansteori, samt teorier kopplade till intersektionalitet, genus, maskulinitet och teorier om våld. Resultatet visar att informanterna i studien är eniga om att geografisk närhet till kollegor främjar samverkan i ärenden som rör våld i nära relation. Informanterna som sitter nära kollegor beskriver en välfungerande samverkan med andra enheter. De arbetsgrupper som upplever en välfungerande samverkan beskriver också att kollegor inom socialtjänsten har kännedom om varandras respektive arbetsuppgifter. Informationsutbyte avseende bedömningar gällande våldsutövare som också är föräldrar delges mellan olika enheter när det finns en välfungerande samverkan. Samtliga informanter beskriver att det finns stöd ifrån organisationens ledning, däremot är det bara två arbetsgrupper som beskriver en välfungerande samverkan. I resultatet framkommer att framgång avseende att nå ut till våldsutövare som också är föräldrar skiljer sig åt. Den arbetsgrupp som upplever större framgång i att nå ut träffar våldsutövaren tillsammans med enhet Barn och unga. Samtliga arbetsgrupper beskriver på något sätt svårigheter att bedöma hjälpbehov och mottaglighet hos våldsutövare och att det finns flera faktorer som de tänker kan påverka och försvåra mottagligheten och möjlighet att uppnå förändring, i vissa fall skiljer sig svaren från informanterna åt. Att kollegor har olika förklaringsmodeller till våld kan bidra till att olika bedömningar görs eller att våld betraktas på olika vis. Samtliga arbetsgrupper beskriver en begränsad kunskap avseende våldsutövare som också är föräldrar. Kunskapsbristen beror bland annat på bristande erfarenhet, då samtliga informanter kommit i kontakt med relativt få våldsutövare. Denna studie visar vikten av intern samverkan inom socialtjänsten i ärenden som för våld i familjer där det finns barn. / The aim of the study is to investigate the importance of social services’ collaboration for the assessment of perpetrators of domestic violence who also are parents. Through a qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with three working groups within the social services, the informants in the study come into contact with perpetrators of domestic violence in some way. In order to create an understanding of the results, I have used organizational theory, collaboration theory, as well as theories connected to intersectionality, gender, masculinity and theories of violence. The results show that the informants in the study agree that geographical proximity to colleagues promotes collaboration in cases involving domestic violence. The informants who sit close to colleagues describe a well-functioning collaboration with other units. The work groups that experience a well-functioning collaboration also describe that colleagues in social services are aware of each other's respective tasks. Information exchange regarding assessments concerning perpetrators of domestic violence who are also parents is shared between different units when there is a well-functioning collaboration. All informants describe that there is support from the organization's management, however, only two working groups describe a well-functioning collaboration. The results show that success in reaching out to perpetrators of domestic violence who are also parents differs. The working group that experiences greater success in reaching out meets the perpetrator together with colleagues from the child protective services. All working groups describe in some way difficulties in assessing the need for help of perpetrators of domestic violence and that there are several factors that they think can influence and hinder the possibility of achieving change, in some cases the answers from the informants differ. The fact that colleagues have different explanatory models for domestic violence can contribute to different assessments being made or violence being viewed in different ways. All working groups describe a limited knowledge regarding perpetrators of domestic violence who are also parents. The lack of knowledge is due, among other things, to insufficient experience, as all informants have come into contact with relatively few perpetrators of domestic violence. This study shows the importance of internal collaboration within the social services in cases involving domestic violence in families where there are children.

Domestic Violence is a pervasive social evil which must be combated with every means possible. To this end, the legislator enacted the Domestic Violence Act, 116 of 1998 (hereafter referred to as the DVA) to provide for a fast and accessible process by which the victims of domestic abuse can obtain an interdict to protect themselves against further acts of violence. Section 7(1)(c) of the DVA allows for a court, when considering an application made for a protection order in terms of the Act, to make an order prohibiting the Respondent from entering the shared residence of the Applicant and Respondent. Section 7(1)(d) allows for a court, when considering an application as mentioned, to make an order prohibiting the Respondent from entering any specific part of the shared residence. It is argued that the orders provided for in sections 7(1)(c) and (d) amounts, de facto, to an order that evicts the Respondent from the shared residence. Evictions are a traumatic procedure for the person(s) concerned, and endangers a large variety of human rights. It should therefore be approached with extreme caution to ensure that no person’s fundamental rights are infringed. Section 26(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (hereafter referred to as the Constitution) determines that no person(s) may be evicted from their home without a valid order of court, which order should be granted only after taking into consideration all the relevant circumstances. Specific pieces of legislation have been enacted to regulate the eviction process, prescribing specific procedures and setting requirements for a legal eviction. When an order is given in terms of section 7(1)(c) of the DVA, these procedures are not followed and the requirements are not met, resulting in illegal evictions. These orders may further infringe upon certain fundamental rights of the Respondent, such as the constitutional property rights set out in section 25, and the right of access to the courts. The concerned sections of the DVA can be justified under section 36 of the Constitution. However, it is argued that the DVA is in practice frequently misused by applicants, to such an extent that it becomes a tool of abuse, defying the whole purpose of the Act and extreme caution should be used by presiding officers when considering applications for orders in terms of sections 7(1)(c) and (d) of the DVA. / LLM, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Domestic Violence is a pervasive social evil which must be combated with every means possible. To this end, the legislator enacted the Domestic Violence Act, 116 of 1998 (hereafter referred to as the DVA) to provide for a fast and accessible process by which the victims of domestic abuse can obtain an interdict to protect themselves against further acts of violence. Section 7(1)(c) of the DVA allows for a court, when considering an application made for a protection order in terms of the Act, to make an order prohibiting the Respondent from entering the shared residence of the Applicant and Respondent. Section 7(1)(d) allows for a court, when considering an application as mentioned, to make an order prohibiting the Respondent from entering any specific part of the shared residence. It is argued that the orders provided for in sections 7(1)(c) and (d) amounts, de facto, to an order that evicts the Respondent from the shared residence. Evictions are a traumatic procedure for the person(s) concerned, and endangers a large variety of human rights. It should therefore be approached with extreme caution to ensure that no person’s fundamental rights are infringed. Section 26(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (hereafter referred to as the Constitution) determines that no person(s) may be evicted from their home without a valid order of court, which order should be granted only after taking into consideration all the relevant circumstances. Specific pieces of legislation have been enacted to regulate the eviction process, prescribing specific procedures and setting requirements for a legal eviction. When an order is given in terms of section 7(1)(c) of the DVA, these procedures are not followed and the requirements are not met, resulting in illegal evictions. These orders may further infringe upon certain fundamental rights of the Respondent, such as the constitutional property rights set out in section 25, and the right of access to the courts. The concerned sections of the DVA can be justified under section 36 of the Constitution. However, it is argued that the DVA is in practice frequently misused by applicants, to such an extent that it becomes a tool of abuse, defying the whole purpose of the Act and extreme caution should be used by presiding officers when considering applications for orders in terms of sections 7(1)(c) and (d) of the DVA. / LLM, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Våld mot kvinnor är ett globalt folkhälsoproblem och länge har kvinnan stått i fokus som enda offret i familjen, men nu vet man att även barn som bevittnat våldet påverkas negativt i hög grad. Varje år söker sig tusentals kvinnor och barn till landets kvinnojourer för att få stöd och skydd. Syftet med den här uppsatsen var att få kunskap om hur kvinnor som är engagerade i arbetet på kvinnojourer beskriver att de bemöter barn som bevittnat våld och hur de arbetar för att hjälpa dem i deras situation I studien användes en kvalitativ metod där fem enskilda intervjuer med jourkvinnor utförts. Det insamlade materialet har analyserats utifrån innehållsanalys och temat som växte fram ur analysen var ”Trygghet”. Resultatet har analyserats i förhållande till traumateori samt begreppet empati. I resultatet framkommer det att barn på kvinnojouren uppvisar symptom som kan jämföras med traumatisering och posttraumatisk stress till exempel aggressivitet, undvikande beteende och hyperaktivitet. Studien visar att jourkvinnorna bemöter barnen på kvinnojouren med ett empatiskt förhållningssätt, genom att vara lyhörda för barnens behov och lägga stor vikt vid att bygga upp tillit hos barnet. I mötet med barnet var leken en betydelsefull del.  I rollen som jourkvinna är trygghet centralt i arbetet med barn som bevittnat våld. Kunskap på kvinnojourer finns men de skulle vilja ha mer fortbildning. / Violence against women is a global public health problem and for a long time the woman has been in the spotlight as the only victim in the family, but now we know that children who have witnessed violence are greatly affected. Each year, thousands of women and children are seeking women shelters for support and protection. The purpose of this paper was to obtain knowledge about how women who are engaged in work at women's shelters describe that they support children who have witnessed violence and how they work to help them in their situation. In this study, a qualitative method was used and five individuals that are involved with women shelters were interviewed. The material collected has been analyzed based on content analysis and the theme that emerged from the analysis was “Safety”. The theoretical perspective that has been used to analyze the outcome is trauma theory and the concept of empathy. The result shows that the children in the shelter are showing signs of symptoms that can be compared with trauma and post-traumatic stress for example, aggression, avoidance behavior and hyperactivity. The result of the study also shows that the women treat the children at the shelter with an empathetic approach. To do that they are responsive to children's needs and a strong emphasis is placed on building a bond of trust with the child. In their contact with the children, playing was an important part. Feeling secure was central in their work with children who have witnessed violence. The shelters have knowledge but they want more education.