Violence beliefs assessment in children victims and non-victims of maltreatment

• Grant number: 13/08811-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2013
• End date: July 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Psychological Treatment and Prevention
• Principal Investigator: Lúcia Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Williams
• Grantee: Márcia Akemi Fujie
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Studies postulate that the violence impact during childhood presents worrying consequences to children, such as the jeopardy for brain development and social, emotional and cognitive disabilities. Considering the relevance of violence prevention, the objective of the current study is to assess violence beliefs in children victims and non-victims of maltreatment, in order to compare and contrast data from both groups. These measures are expected to providea better insight into the differences between violence beliefs in children victims and non-victims of maltreatment, therefore being able to evaluate their perceptions about conflicts and their ways of coping with violence. Participants of this study include 20 children victims of violence that have mothers that admitted the use of physical violence against them and 20 children non-victims of violence that didn't have any contact with aggression in the last three months. The study will be conducted in the Child Protection Agency and the instruments utilized will be an Initial Interview with mothers, a Child Questionnaire about Violence Beliefs (CQVB) - developed in the current study - and a Field Journal. The research will follow the survey design. The data collected with the Initial Interview will be compared with the CQVB results. Additionally, the data collected with the CQVB will be tabulated in graphs and tables and it will be develop an analysis in order to correlate the quantitative data with the qualitative data, and also an analysis intra- and intergroup.