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dc.contributor.authorCallaghan, Janeen_UK
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Joanneen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSixsmith, Judithen_UK
dc.contributor.authorFellin, Lisa Cen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-04T01:30:31Z-
dc.date.available2018-05-04T01:30:31Z-
dc.date.issued2018-05en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/26502-
dc.description.abstractChildren’s experiences and voices are underrepresented in academic literature and professional practice around domestic violence and abuse. The project ‘Understanding Agency and Resistance Strategies’ addresses this absence, through direct engagement with children. We present an analysis from interviews with 21 children in the United Kingdom (12 girls and 9 boys, aged 8-18 years), about their experiences of domestic violence and abuse, and their responses to this violence. These interviews were analysed using interpretive interactionism. Three themes from this analysis are presented: a) ‘Children’s experiences of abusive control’, which explores children’s awareness of controlling behaviour by the adult perpetrator, their experience of that control, and its impact on them; b) ‘Constraint’, which explores how children experience the constraint associated with coercive control in situations of domestic violence, and c) ‘Children as agents’ which explores children’s strategies for managing controlling behaviour in their home and in family relationships. The paper argues that, in situations where violence and abuse occurs between adult intimate partners, children are significantly impacted, and can be reasonably described as victims of abusive control. Recognising children as direct victims of domestic violence and abuse would produce significant changes in the way professionals respond to them, by 1) recognising children’s experience of the impact of domestic violence and abuse; 2) recognising children’s agency, undermining the perception of them as passive ‘witnesses’ or ‘collateral damage’ in adult abusive encounters; and 3) strengthening professional responses to them as direct victims, not as passive witnesses to violence.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSAGEen_UK
dc.relationCallaghan J, Alexander J, Sixsmith J & Fellin LC (2018) Beyond "Witnessing": Children’s Experiences of Coercive Control in Domestic Violence and Abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33 (10), pp. 1551-1581. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515618946en_UK
dc.rightsCallaghan J, Alexander J, Sixsmith J & Fellin LC (2015) Beyond "Witnessing": Children’s Experiences of Coercive Control in Domestic Violence and Abuse, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, (Volume 33, Issue 10), pp. 1551-1581. Copyright © The Authors 2015. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515618946en_UK
dc.subjectcoercive controlen_UK
dc.subjectchilden_UK
dc.subjectvictimen_UK
dc.subjectdomestic violenceen_UK
dc.subjectdomestic abuseen_UK
dc.subjectinterpersonal violenceen_UK
dc.titleBeyond "Witnessing": Children’s Experiences of Coercive Control in Domestic Violence and Abuseen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0886260515618946en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid26663742en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Interpersonal Violenceen_UK
dc.citation.issn1552-6518en_UK
dc.citation.issn0886-2605en_UK
dc.citation.volume33en_UK
dc.citation.issue10en_UK
dc.citation.spage1551en_UK
dc.citation.epage1581en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.author.emailjane.callaghan@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date10/12/2015en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSociology, Social Policy & Criminologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSociology, Social Policy & Criminologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Northamptonen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of East Londonen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000430238500001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85033439836en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid882368en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5241-3398en_UK
dc.date.accepted2015-05-10en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-05-10en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2018-01-04en_UK
dc.subject.tagChild Developmenten_UK
dc.subject.tagChild Protectionen_UK
dc.subject.tagChildrenen_UK
dc.subject.tagChild Well-beingen_UK
dc.subject.tagFamilies and Personal Relationshipsen_UK
dc.subject.tagDomestic abuseen_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionAMen_UK
local.rioxx.authorCallaghan, Jane|0000-0002-5241-3398en_UK
local.rioxx.authorAlexander, Joanne|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSixsmith, Judith|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorFellin, Lisa C|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2018-01-11en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved|2018-01-11|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameCoercive control Callaghan20158007.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source0886-2605en_UK
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