Exposure to Domestic Violence during Adolescence: Coping Strategies and Attachment Styles as Early Moderators and their Relationship to Functioning during Adulthood

Pang, Linda Hui Gin; Thomas, Susan J.

doi:10.1007/s40653-019-00279-9

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“…Informal settlements can worsen mental health difficulties because of the swift transformations in social frameworks and the stress caused by economic insecurity [67]. The confluence of social marginalisation, limited access to official services, and pervasive unemployment can cause a complex interplay of trauma, poverty, and depression among children [68].…”

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Childhood Trauma and Exposure to Violence Interventions: The Need for Effective and Feasible Evidence-Based Interventions

Tsheole,

Makhado,

Maphula

2023

Children

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Several crimes in South Africa cause physical, economic, and mental problems. Xenophobic attacks, mob justice, and other violent conduct directly traumatise children. Service delivery riots and physical and sexual abuse are examples. This evaluation evaluates childhood trauma and exposure to violence interventions. The review describes the therapeutic methods for traumatised children exposed to violence, the healthcare professionals administering them, and the strategies used to tailor the interventions. The researcher systematically searched PsycINFO, Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, and EBSCOhost. Literature from 2011 to 31 July 2023 was searched, and 19 papers were chosen for further review after the systematic search. The authors conducted an eligibility evaluation according to PRISMA guidelines. A thorough review of article texts identified 19 papers that met eligibility standards. Only nineteen studies have validated trauma and violence therapies for children. An effective multi-phased intervention that is feasible and adaptable to varied socioeconomic backgrounds is needed. Further studies on the mental health benefits of brief trauma intervention treatment are needed.

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Childhood Trauma and Exposure to Violence Interventions: The Need for Effective and Feasible Evidence-Based Interventions

Tsheole,

Makhado,

Maphula

2023

Children

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“…The long-term adverse effects of domestic violence are well established. [ 26 27 28 ] Furthermore, natural disasters are expected to generate the family violence risk factors such as an increase in anxiety and stress, the sudden change in routine, unemployment, the closing of schools, decrease in access to coping resources, among others. [ 9 ] The fact is that some individuals find themselves confined with their aggressors with limited contact to their supporting environment.…”

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Domestic violence and substance abuse during COVID19: A systematic review

Abdo

Miranda

Santos

et al. 2020

Indian J Psychiatry

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Introduction: As COVID-19 develops around the world, numerous publications have described the psychiatric consequences of this pandemic. Although clinicians and healthcare systems are mainly focused on managing critically ill patients in an attempt to limit the number of casualties, psychiatric disease burden is increasing significantly. In this scenario, increased domestic violence and substance abuse have been recently reported. Objective: The objective of this study is to perform a systematic review of the literature regarding the consequences of severe acute respiratory syndrome-CoV-2 infection in terms of domestic violence and substance abuse, and compare incidences found. Materials and Methods: We conducted a literature search using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines. The keywords included “domestic violence,” “substance abuse” AND “COVID-19,” including multiple variants from December 2019 through June 2020. An extensive bibliographic search was carried out in different medical databases: Pubmed, EMBASE, LILACS, medRxiv, and bioRxiv. Titles and abstracts were reviewed according to the eligibility criteria. The risk of bias in the retrieved articles was assessed by the Joanna Briggs Institute's critical assessment instrument. Results: A total of 1505 papers were initially retrieved after consulting the selected databases. After browsing through titles and abstracts, 94 articles were initially included considering the predefined eligibility criteria. After a more detailed analysis, only six scientific articles remained in our selection. Of these, three were evaluating domestic violence against children, while the other three were about substance abuse. Conclusion: There is not enough evidence to support the concept that COVID-19 has led to an increase in the rates of domestic violence and substance abuse. The initial decrease in violence reports might not translate into a real reduction in incidence but in accessibility. Apparently, there has been a slight increase in alcohol and tobacco abuse, especially by regular users, which also requires confirmatory studies. The inconsistency between expert opinon articles and the actual published data could be a result of the limited time since the beginnging of the crisis, the fact that psychitaric patients have been chronically exposed to stressful situatons, and a possible stimulated increase in demand for psychatric consultations.

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“…The children had a good understanding of how the father’s controlling dynamics operated within the family relations and they brought up both the father’s violent behavior towards the mother and/or themselves and his contact attempts, which were not considered sincerely caring (also Callaghan et al, 2015 ). Some children stated that the main reason they did not want to see their father was the poor quality of the child–father relationship, and many children said that their father was not as present as he should be when spending time with children (also Cater & Forssell, 2014 ; Holt, 2015 ; Pang & Thomas, 2020 ). Thus, if the children’s relation to the father was not mutually rewarding, some of them eventually broke off the relation (also Øverlien, 2013 ; Staf & Almqvist, 2015 ).…”

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“…The consequences are exacerbated by children’s memories of their history with the abusive parent and by their present life, which is marked by negotiations between the mother and father and attempts to deal with the stalking. Stalking as a form of domestic violence undermines children’s agency and wellbeing and limits their possibilities to act and seek help (Nikupeteri & Laitinen, 2015 ; Elklit et al, 2019 ; Logan & Walker, 2017 ; Pang & Thomas, 2020 ).…”

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Children’s Sense of Belonging in the Context of Post-separation Parental Stalking: Finnish Children’s Experiences of their Family Relations

Nikupeteri

Laitinen

Kallinen

2022

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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Drawing from previous research on domestic violence and stalking, this study addresses children’s experiences of their family relations in post-separation parental stalking contexts from the perspective of stalking as a form of violence against women and children. Despite the fact that violence perpetrated by a parent fundamentally changes family dynamics and children’s perceptions of family security, research on children’s family relations in the course of domestic violence or stalking has rarely addressed children’s sense of belonging. The aim of this paper is to augment our understanding of children’s experiences of family relations in connection with parental stalking. The research question is: How do children experience their belonging in family relations in the context of post-separation parental stalking? A total of 31 children and young people aged 2–21 participated in the study. The data were collected through interviews and therapeutic action group sessions with the children. The qualitative data analysis was content-oriented. Four dimensions of children’s sense of belonging were identified: (1) Varying belonging, (2) distancing belonging, (3) non-belonging and (4) holding belonging. The first three dimensions are constructed in relation to the child’s stalking father, while the fourth one includes the mother, siblings and other relationships that provide safety and comfort. The dimensions are parallel and not mutually exclusive. The study indicates that a finer-grained understanding of children’s sense of belonging in family relations is needed when social and health care and law enforcement professionals evaluate the child’s safety and best interest.

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Exposure to Domestic Violence during Adolescence: Coping Strategies and Attachment Styles as Early Moderators and their Relationship to Functioning during Adulthood

Cited by 15 publications

References 58 publications

Childhood Trauma and Exposure to Violence Interventions: The Need for Effective and Feasible Evidence-Based Interventions

Childhood Trauma and Exposure to Violence Interventions: The Need for Effective and Feasible Evidence-Based Interventions

Domestic violence and substance abuse during COVID19: A systematic review

Children’s Sense of Belonging in the Context of Post-separation Parental Stalking: Finnish Children’s Experiences of their Family Relations

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