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“Give me some space”: exploring youth to parent aggression and violence

Authors: Lynne Gabriel, Zahra Tizro, Hazel James, Jane Cronin-Davis, Tanya Beetham, Alice Corbally, Emily Lopez-Moreno, Sarah Hill

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 2/2018

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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.

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Title: “Give me some space”: exploring youth to parent aggression and violence
Authors: Lynne Gabriel
Zahra Tizro
Hazel James
Jane Cronin-Davis
Tanya Beetham
Alice Corbally
Emily Lopez-Moreno
Sarah Hill
Publication date: 01-02-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-017-9928-1

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