Citation

Gabriel L, Tizro Z, James H, Cronin-Davis J, Beetham T, Corbally A, Lopez-Moreno E, Hill S. J. Fam. Violence 2018; 33(2): 161-169.

Affiliation

Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS), 39 Blossom Street, York, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-017-9928-1

PMID

29367805

PMCID

PMC5760607

Abstract

A small scale qualitative project, undertaken by an interdisciplinary domestic violence research group involving academic researchers and research assistants, with colleagues from Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS), investigated youth aggression and violence against parents. Following the literature review, data was generated through several research conversations with young people (n = 2), through semi-structured interviews with mothers (n = 3) and practitioners (n = 5), and through a practitioner focus group (n = 8). Thematic analysis and triangulation of the data from parents, practitioners and young people, elicited interconnected and complex overarching themes. Young people could be both victim and perpetrator. The witnessing or experiencing of domestic aggression and violence raised the concept of 'bystander children'. The impact of young people experiencing familial violence was underestimated by parents. For practitioners, the effects of working with domestic violence was shown to be significant - both positively and negatively.

Language: en

Keywords

aggression; domestic violence; family dynamics; trauma; youth