Citation

Vass A, Haj-Yahia MM. Violence Against Women 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219890421

PMID

31928323

Abstract

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.

Language: en

Keywords

children exposed to domestic violence; children of battered women; intimate partner violence; shelters for battered women