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Understanding what children say : children's experiences of domestic violence, parental substance misuse and parental health problems / Sarah Gorin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gorin, Sarah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Family relationships.
- Children.
- Family violence.
- Parents--Substance use.
- Parents.
- Child psychology.
- Children and violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (117 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : National Children's Bureau for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focusing on UK research dating from 1990 to 2003, this literature review examines what children say about living in families where there is domestic violence, parental substance misuse or parental health problems
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Background; Policy and practice context; How many children experience these problems at home?; How might children be affected?; Definitions; Methods; 2. Understanding children's experiences; Children's discovery of parental problems; Trying to understand parents' behaviour; Parental violence and conflict; Risk of maltreatment; Physical abuse; Emotional abuse; Neglect and chaotic lifestyles; Sexual abuse; Responsibilities in the home; Children's education; Making and maintaining friendships; Summary of key points
- 3. Understanding children's feelingsLove and loyalty; Fear and anxiety; Loss; Sadness, isolation and depression; Anger and frustration; Guilt, shame and stigma; Summary of key points; 4. Understanding children's coping strategies; Use of different coping strategies; Coping strategies children say they use; Avoidance/distraction; Protection/inaction; Confrontation, intervention and self-destruction; Help seeking and action; Summary of key points; 5. Understanding children's support needs; Supporting children; Not wanting to talk to anyone; Characteristics of people children choose to talk to
- What children want when they do talk to someoneInformal support; The role of parents; The role of friends; The role of others - siblings, extended family and pets; Formal support; Finding professional help; Talking to professionals; The process of disclosing information; Provision of written information; Experience of contact with professionals; What services do children say they want?; Summary of key points; 6. Conclusions and implications; Children's preoccupations; Balancing children's needs and responsibilities; Children's need for support; Making children's lives better
- Enabling children to understand problems at homeEnabling children to talk about problems at homeand to access help; Respecting children, recognising and valuing their experience and acting on any concerns appropriately; Providing an appropriate range of support; Suggestions for future research on children's experiences; Appendix 1: Search strategy; Appendix 2: Limitations of the research; Appendix 3: Completed studies that include children's perspectives and adults' retrospective accounts; Appendix 4: Ongoing studies that include children's perspectives and adults' retrospective accounts
- References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786613583444
- 9781280488214
- 1280488212
- 9781907969614
- 1907969616
- OCLC:
- 782950102
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