Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Listen to Me! Children's experiences of domestic violence
Other Titles:	Child abuse review
Authors:	Holt, Stephanie Buckley, Helen Whelan, Sadhbh
Keywords:	Impact on children and young people;Child protection
Year:	2007
Publisher:	British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Citation:	16 (5), September/October 2007
Notes:	This paper reports on a study undertaken in the Republic of Ireland during 2005 and is based on the experiences of children and young people who have lived with domestic violence. The objectives of the study were to explore the impact of domestic violence on children, identify their needs and recommend appropriate interventions to be brokered through a centrally based women's support service. Data were gathered from 70 participants, including 37 service providers/volunteers, 11 mothers and 22 children and young people who had lived in violent environments. The data indicated that children respond in unique ways to living with domestic violence, and that services to meet their needs must be tailored to suit their individual situations. The impact of domestic violence on their lives manifested itself with regard to their sense of fear and anxiety in relation to themselves, their siblings and their mothers; their self-esteem and sense of being different, their relationships (including ambivalent relationships with their fathers); their experiences of education and their sense of a lost childhood. The final report for the study was based on the total data collection, but this paper will concentrate primarily on the material elicited from the children and young people. Copyright ? 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Abstract printed with permission [For more information go to Wiley & Sons]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15647
ISSN:	0952-9136
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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