“Pay Attention to Me”: Children’s Subjective Perceptions of the Process of Leaving Home With Their Mothers to Shelters for Battered Women

Extensive research has been conducted on the effects of children’s exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV). Nonetheless, there is a dearth of research on children’s subjective perception of the process of leaving their home with their mother to shelters for battered women. Based on thematic anal...

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Main Author: Vass, Anat (Author)
Contributors: Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Violence against women
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 295-319
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
children exposed to domestic violence
shelters for battered women
Intimate Partner Violence
children of battered women
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Summary:Extensive research has been conducted on the effects of children’s exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV). Nonetheless, there is a dearth of research on children’s subjective perception of the process of leaving their home with their mother to shelters for battered women. Based on thematic analysis of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 32 Israeli 7- to 12-year-old children, the results revealed the following three main themes: violence against the mother in general, the way they left for the shelter, and the reasons and circumstances of leaving the home and community. The results are discussed in light of the cognitive-structural framework.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801219890421