Les mauvais traitements psychologiques subis par les adolescents et adolescentes … des mots qui frappent!
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
24 June 2013
Abstract
This qualitative study investigated perceptions of Psychological Maltreatment (PM) with 19 adolescent victims referred to a child welfare agency. The research objectives were: (a) to explore youths’ causal attributions of PM, their perceived control of the PM situation, and their perceptions of the abuser; and (b) to document whether these perceptions differ as a function of the nature of the relationship between the youth and his or her abuser. Thirty-six critical incidents were investigated through semi-structured interviews with 19 participants. Interview transcripts were subjected to content analysis. Results highlight the subjective suffering of PM victims in this population and the difference in perceptions of this kind of violence according to whether intrafamilial or extrafamilial PM is involved.
Résumé
La recherche se penche sur les perceptions des mauvais traitements psychologiques (MTP) chez une population en ayant été victime et recevant les services d’un Centre Jeunesse. L’étude a eu pour objectifs (a) d’investiguer l’attribution que les jeunes font des causes des MTP, leur perception de contrôle et leur perception actuelle de l’abuseur, et (b) d’évaluer si les perceptions diffèrent en fonction du type de lien entre la victime et l’abuseur. Trente-six incidents critiques ont été recueillis auprès des 19 participants et participantes et ont été soumis à une analyse de contenu. Cette étude met en lumière la souffrance des victimes de MTP et montre que la violence intrafamiliale et la violence extrafamiliale sont perçues de façon différente par les victimes.
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Volume 32 • Number 2 • June 2013
Pages: 67 - 88
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BêtyCynthia, LavoieFrancine, and NadeauDanielle. 2013. Les mauvais traitements psychologiques subis par les adolescents et adolescentes … des mots qui frappent!. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
32(2): 67-88. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2013-020
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