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Embattled families: Parents’ experiences of child to parent violence and abuse and of the non-violent resistance intervention
No full textDespite extensive activity in the field of domestic violence in recent decades, the matter of child to parent violence and abuse has been largely ignored in policy, practice and research until relatively recently. While increased activity in this domain is noted, the fact remains that there is no clear conceptualisation of this form of family violence. Responses vary significantly depending on the professional lens through which it is viewed. It has been variously understood as domestic violence, a mental health concern or a criminal matter albeit without a legal remedy. Practitioners are without direction on how this should be understood and what is the most appropriate response. This mixed methods study, using a Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology, gives voice to twenty-three parents in Ireland who live with child to parent violence and abuse. It provides rich and detailed data on their daily lived experiences and how they manage to live with the abuse and/or violence from their child for whom they remain morally and legally responsible. The study takes parents on a journey from discussing and exploring their experiences, through the Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) intervention, (developed by Haim Omer and adapted for use in the Irish context by Declan Coogan) and reports on their views of what changes, if any, they experienced as a result of their engagement in NVR. The findings from this study provide insight into the experiences of parents and their needs for support in addressing the violence and/or abuse in their family homes. ‘Embattled’ is proposed as the core category – representing not just the lived experiences of parents – but also the lived experiences of their child and his/her siblings. This study contributes to a growing awareness and understanding of child to parent violence and abuse and an insight into NVR as an intervention
Family Matters: An exploratory study of the family relationships of young people who have experience of the care system
No full textThis research study was designed to explore how ten young people with experience of the care system in Ireland understand 'family', and family relationships. Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) was deployed as the conceptual and analytical framework for the research as it focuses on privileging the voice of research participants and raises awareness of researchers own personal biases/preconceptions. This was important given the researcher herself has experience of the care system. The actions of the researcher in the co-production of knowledge are described along with the rationale informing the choice of CGT for this research. The findings of this mixed methods CGT research study reflects an understanding and experience of ‘family’ grounded in the perceptions of the 10 participants. The core category of ‘belonging’, and subcategories of 'feelings' and 'choice' was identified by the researcher and reflects the meanings, experiences and views of family for the participants. The findings highlight how participants negotiate notions and practices attached to birth family relationships and others who become their chosen families, all in a variety of ways, for a variety of reasons and at different points in time. This study not only helps bridge a gap in understanding family for those with care experience, but also provides recommendations for future policy, legislation, and practice
Responding to child-to-parent violence: Innovative practices in child and adolescent mental health
No full textAlthough child-to-parent violence has yet to become a visible and explicit concern of social work policy and practice development, child-to-parent violence is a growing social problem with broad implications for research, policy, and intervention. Although the initial referral to out-patient child and adolescent mental health services for assessment and intervention may be related to concerns about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, depression, or out of control behaviours, more parents are beginning to talk with embarrassment and fear about their experiences of being the target of their child s aggression and violence at home. This article examines the prevalence of child-to-parent violence and proposes a clear definition of child-to-parent violence for social work practitioners and researchers in mental health. Some of the obstacles in health and social care practice for the recognition and development of effective responses to child-to-parent violence are explored. Using an outline case example from community mental health practice in Ireland, the author suggests the Non Violent Resistance Programme as one innovative response to the problem of child-to-parent violence
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Reciprocal relationships - non volent resistance and the IASW as solidarity and support against abusive and violence behaviour
No full textThe Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) creates spaces for voices of encouragement, hope and support for practitioners and researchers using new ways of responding to new needs. A new and innovative response to child to parent violence and abuse (CPVA) is Non Violent Resistance (NVR). The IASW has supported us in our work with this systemic and relatively brief model of intervention with parents since the early days of its use in Ireland from 2007 onwards. As a systemic model of intervention, social workers and other practitioners use NVR to engage parents in the process of change and an end to the problems of CPVA. In this article, we outline the development of the NVR model in Ireland, while celebrating the key role played by the IASW. The Association continues to be a forum in which social workers can share new ideas and practices, learn from each other and further the cause of human rights and social justice in the lives of the people with whom we work. Using a case example, we highlight support and solidarity as key elements of NVR and reflect on the ways in which we have experienced support and solidarity as members of the IASW. We have changed the names and other details used in this article (from the practice of the first author) to protect client confidentiality. Whenever we refer to parents, we are also thinking of grandparents, foster-carers, adoptive parents, same sex single or couple parents and anyone who has parental responsibilities for a child under the age of 18 years old.peer-reviewe
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Listening to practitioners talking about child to parent violence and abuse: Some findings from an action research project
No full textContemporary debates about violence within the family are usually limited to the dynamics and prevention of adult-initiated violence. This largely ignores other kinds of challenges that social workers and other practitioners working with children and families in the voluntary and statutory sectors in Ireland are increasingly facing in their day to day practice (Coogan & Holt, 2015). This article takes as it s starting point one of these additional challenges known as child to parent violence and abuse (CPVA), a relatively recently identified form of violence within the family in Ireland. This problem occurs when a child under the age of 18 years uses tactics of abuse and/ or violence to coerce, control or dominate parents or those occupying a parental role, such as grand-parents or foster carers, for example. The article also describes an action research project that emerged from the practice dilemmas when working with families living with CPVA. These shared dilemmas led to an action research project, completed in 2015, in which seventy-five practitioners from social work and other disciplines in Ireland were invited to become involved in research based on a two day training programme on Non-Violent Resistance for CPVA. This research project is proposed as an example of action research, demonstrating one way in which practitioners in statutory and voluntary agencies can work together with researchers to addresses some key questions relating to emerging forms of violence in the family.non-peer-reviewe
Listening to practitioners talking about child to parent violence and abuse: Some findings from an action research project
No full textContemporary debates about violence within the family are usually limited to the dynamics and prevention of adult-initiated violence. This largely ignores other kinds of challenges that social workers and other practitioners working with children and families in the voluntary and statutory sectors in Ireland are increasingly facing in their day to day practice (Coogan & Holt, 2015). This article takes as it s starting point one of these additional challenges known as child to parent violence and abuse (CPVA), a relatively recently identified form of violence within the family in Ireland. This problem occurs when a child under the age of 18 years uses tactics of abuse and/ or violence to coerce, control or dominate parents or those occupying a parental role, such as grand-parents or foster carers, for example. The article also describes an action research project that emerged from the practice dilemmas when working with families living with CPVA. These shared dilemmas led to an action research project, completed in 2015, in which seventy-five practitioners from social work and other disciplines in Ireland were invited to become involved in research based on a two day training programme on Non-Violent Resistance for CPVA. This research project is proposed as an example of action research, demonstrating one way in which practitioners in statutory and voluntary agencies can work together with researchers to addresses some key questions relating to emerging forms of violence in the family.Not peer reviewe
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