The Lasting Experience of Domestic Homicide

家庭凶杀的持久经历

• 批准号: 6672221
• 负责人: RICHARD H STEEVES
• 金额: $ 24.96万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-30 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6672221
• 关键词: adult human (21+); behavioral /social science research tag; bereavement; child foster care /adoption; child psychology; children; clinical research; domestic violence; early experience; experience; family structure /dynamics; homicide; human subject; interview; memory; parent deprivation; psychological shock; social adjustment; social perception; spouses

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Scientific knowledge about the effects of trauma on children, including domestic violence, has grown significantly in the last few years. However, there are some areas that have not been well described yet, including the effect of uxoricide on children. Uxoricide, the killing of one spouse by the other is, unfortunately, an all too common occurrence. In a family with minor children the effect can be devastating, for in a single act, the children lose both parents - one has died and the other is either a fugitive, in prison or has committed suicide. Some studies have begun to document the immediate effect of this kind of trauma on children, but the long-term consequences have not been investigated. In order to develop ways to help these most vulnerable children, research needs to be conducted on what they face growing up. This retrospective, exploratory study will use qualitative methods to describe the experiences of children from the time of the traumatic killing until adulthood. The sample will consist of 90 men and women, who when they were children lived through the killing of one of their parents by the other. The participants will be asked to give a narrative account of their experiences as children including those circumstances, people, ideas, or attitudes that helped or hindered them.

描述（由申请人提供）：关于创伤（包括家庭暴力）对儿童影响的科学知识在过去几年中显着增长。然而，还有一些领域尚未得到很好的描述，包括杀妻对儿童的影响。不幸的是，弑君案，即配偶一方被另一方杀害的现象太常见了。对于一个有未成年子女的家庭来说，这种影响可能是毁灭性的，因为在一次行动中，孩子们就失去了双亲——其中一方已经死亡，另一方要么是逃亡者，要么是在监狱里，要么是自杀了。一些研究已经开始记录这种创伤对儿童的直接影响，但长期后果尚未得到调查。为了找到帮助这些最弱势儿童的方法，需要对他们成长过程中面临的问题进行研究。这项回顾性、探索性研究将使用定性方法来描述儿童从创伤性杀戮到成年的经历。样本将由 90 名男性和女性组成，他们在孩童时期就经历过父母一方被另一方杀害的经历。参与者将被要求叙述他们小时候的经历，包括那些帮助或阻碍他们的环境、人、想法或态度。