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.

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Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study has been partially supported by grants received from the Henry Zucker Foundation and the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and from the Haruv Institute. Funding Information: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1458-111X Vass Anat 1 Haj-Yahia Muhammad M. 1 1 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Anat Vass, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. Email: anatdanan@walla.co.il 1 2020 1077801219890421 © The Author(s) 2020 2020 SAGE Publications 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. children of battered women intimate partner violence shelters for battered women children exposed to domestic violence Haruv Institute https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007462 No number was assigned for this grant The Henry Zuker Foundation No number was assigned for the grant. edited-state corrected-proof typesetter ts1 Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study has been partially supported by grants received from the Henry Zucker Foundation and the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and from the Haruv Institute. ORCID iD Anat Vass https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1458-111X Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2020.