Exploring resilience in South African adults exposed to childhood domestic violence (dv)
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Despite an individual's demographic makeup, domestic violence (DV) is one of the most
widespread problems in the globe. Children in South Africa (SA) are frequently exposed to
domestic violence (DV), which leaves them with both physical and emotional wounds. To
conduct the study, Humanities and Social Science Research Ethics and Child Welfare SA
approval was required to do the study and to obtain research participants. The study included
ethical principles like autonomy, confidentiality, voluntary participation, and do no harm in this
study. This study utilized semi-structured interviews and a qualitative research methodology to
explore the experiences of three males and five females, ages 25 to 38, who were exposed to
childhood domestic violence. The researcher was able to obtain detailed narrative descriptions
from the research participants by using an exploratory, descriptive method. Snowball sampling
was utilized to recruit research participants.
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Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)
Keywords
Domestic violence, Childhood domestic violence, Child welfare, South Africa, Abuse