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Caring or Vulnerable Children? Sibling Relationships When Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
Author(s) -
Åkerlund Nina
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12215
Subject(s) - sibling , narrative , sibling relationship , developmental psychology , domestic violence , psychology , qualitative research , social psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , sociology , medicine , medical emergency , linguistics , philosophy , social science
Drawing on qualitative interviews with the children about how they and their siblings have responded to intimate partner violence, this paper explores processes of victim positioning. In their narratives, some children positioned themselves in line with notions of vulnerable victims, while others positioned themselves as caregivers or changed their positions vis‐à‐vis their siblings. In their stories, they assigned and assumed positions in interaction with their siblings. Receiving sibling support and care was in the narratives related to the quality of the sibling relationship, the shared experiences of violence and the age order.