Rich, EdnaOlivier, Gershwille Zynodean2022-07-142024-04-172022-07-142024-04-172022https://hdl.handle.net/10566/11390Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)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.enDomestic violenceChildhood domestic violenceChild welfareSouth AfricaAbuseUniversity of the Western Cape