Citation

Åkerlund N. Child. Soc. 2017; 31(6): 475-485.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, National Children's Bureau of the United Kingdom, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/chso.12215

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Drawing on qualitative interviews with the children about how they and their siblings have responded to intimate partner violence, this paper explores processes of victim positioning. In their narratives, some children positioned themselves in line with notions of vulnerable victims, while others positioned themselves as caregivers or changed their positions vis-à-vis their siblings. In their stories, they assigned and assumed positions in interaction with their siblings. Receiving sibling support and care was in the narratives related to the quality of the sibling relationship, the shared experiences of violence and the age order.

Language: en

Keywords

children; intimate partner violence; positioning; response; siblings