Children and Political Violence in Northern Ireland

北爱尔兰的儿童和政治暴力

基本信息

批准号：
7446151
负责人：
EDWARD MARK CUMMINGS
金额：
$ 26.65万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2005
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2005-06-06 至 2008-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7446151
关键词：
15 year old Adult Affect Age American Area Attitude Child Child Development Class Classification Communities Conflict (Psychology)Development Dimensions Domestic Violence Ecology Elements Emotional Ensure Equation Equipment and supply inventories Ethnic Origin Ethnic group Exposure to Family Focus Groups Growth Individual Interview Language Link Mediating Mediator of activation protein Modeling Mothers Neighborhoods Northern Ireland Outcome Parenting behavior Parents Participant Personal Satisfaction Phase Pilot Projects Plague Process Protestant Psychological Impact Psychological Models Psychological adjustment Range Recording of previous events Reporting Research Respondent Risk Role Sampling Security Social Identification Surveys System Testing Violence Work base child well being contextual factors family structure follow-up inner city instrument microsystems psychologic response social theories

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is increasing concern about children's development in areas of the world plagued by political violence, including possible links between political, community and domestic violence. It might be expected that the negative sequelae would be greatest for children when all these factors converge, as in cultures with long-standing histories of ethnic conflict. However, little systematic study has been accomplished on the impact of political violence and related social ecologies on the adjustment of children, and even less is known about the mechanisms underlying relations with child outcomes. This study investigates an ecological framework for the effects of political violence on children in Northern Ireland. 3 programmatically-related phases of research are proposed. A pilot phase is concerned with instrument refinement for this culture, including focus groups and qualitative analyses. Based on a survey of mothers (n=2000), a next phase tests relations between political and community violence and children's adjustment (5-15 years) in single and 2-parent families. Finally, a more intensive survey (n=600) following-up with 2 parent families and children (10-15 years) at ages most at risk for exposure to ethnic conflict tests an ecological, theory-driven model for the psychological impact of political violence on children. Multiple dimensions of child and family (marital conflict, parenting, parental adjustment) functioning are assessed based on mother and child reports, including children's emotional security, social identity, and psychological adjustment. Among the hypotheses to be tested are: (a) political violence will have direct effects, and indirect effects through community violence, on child adjustment; (b) child outcomes will not be uniform across Northern Ireland, but will vary positively by the historical intensity of ethnic conflict in different regions of Northern Ireland; and (c) family functioning and child regulatory functioning will mediate the effects of political and community violence on child adjustment outcomes. The research will innovatively contribute to understanding of the ecological, psychological, and familial processes underlying effects of ethnic conflict on children in Northern Ireland, with implications for other regions of the world with histories of ethnic conflict.

描述（由申请人提供）：越来越担心政治暴力困扰世界的儿童发展，包括政治，社区和家庭暴力之间的可能联系。可以预期，当所有这些因素融合时，对儿童的负后遗症将是最大的，就像长期存在种族冲突历史的文化一样。但是，几乎几乎没有对政治暴力和相关社会生态对调整儿童的影响的影响完成的系统研究，甚至了解与儿童结果的关系的机制知之甚少。这项研究调查了政治暴力对北爱尔兰儿童的影响的生态框架。提出了3个与编程相关的研究阶段。试点阶段与该文化的仪器完善有关，包括焦点小组和定性分析。基于对母亲的调查（n = 2000），下一阶段测试了政治和社区暴力与儿童调整（5 - 15年）之间的关系和2-父母家庭的关系。最后，一项更密集的调查（n = 600）跟进了2个父母家庭和儿童（10-15岁），年龄最大的风险暴露于种族冲突的风险中，这是一种生态学，理论驱动的模型，对政治的心理影响对儿童的暴力行为。儿童和家庭的多个维度（婚姻冲突，育儿，父母调整）的功能是根据母亲和儿童报告来评估的，包括儿童的情感安全，社会身份和心理调整。在要检验的假设中包括：（a）政治暴力将对儿童调整产生直接影响，并通过社区暴力而间接影响；（b）北爱尔兰的儿童结果将不会统一，但会因北爱尔兰不同地区种族冲突的历史强度而呈阳性变化；（c）家庭功能和儿童调节功能将调解政治和社区暴力对儿童适应结果的影响。这项研究将创新地有助于理解种族冲突对北爱尔兰儿童的生态，心理和家庭过程的影响，对世界其他地区的其他地区具有族裔冲突历史的影响。