Re: Interviewing children about family violence

[Liz & Paul McLaughlin <scan@xxxxxxx>]

Paul McLaughlin
Stop Child Abuse
298 Hunington
Eugene, Oregon 97405
http://www.efn.org/~scan

>Anna K. Hagemeister wrote:
> 
> I am a research fellow working with Drs. Jeff Edleson and Sandra
> Beeman in the SSW at the U of Minnesota.  We are in the early stages
> of a project in which we will be interviewing women and eventually
> their children about their experiences of family violence.
> These are women who have been battered AND who have been
> involved with their local child protection services agency due to
> allegations (substantiated or not as long as they were investigated)
> of child maltreatment.
> In the second phase of the study, we will be conducting about 25
> indepth interviews with battered women and with one of their
> 10-18 year old children. (The first phase is more brief phone
> interviews with battered women who fit the criteria above.)  And
> potentially with available male partners of the women.
> 
> We are looking for references to papers, etc. that discuss
> interviewing children about their experiences of family violence -
> both if they've witnessed it and/or if they have been the victim of
> physical or sexual or other maltreatment in the same family where
> adult family violence is occurring.
> 
> We have a few things we've gathered, but would like the input of list
> participants.  I would be happy to take personal replies and then to
> compile a list to post to the list in a few weeks.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Anna H.
> Annelies Hagemeister, M.A.
> Research Fellow, School of Social Work
> 386 McNeal Hall
> University of Minnesota
> St. Paul, MN  55108
> email: ahagemeister@che2.che.umn.edu
> fax: 612-625-4288