The current research focuses on the connection between the traumatic childhood experiences of the mother and the behavioural problems of their children. In this study this is examined by looking at...Show moreThe current research focuses on the connection between the traumatic childhood experiences of the mother and the behavioural problems of their children. In this study this is examined by looking at the relationship and if this is mediated by two separate factors. This study uses data from a Dutch sample of mothers and children who stay at a women’s shelter and all have suffered from interparental violence. The participants were twelve mother-child-dyads with a variety of nationalities. The mothers were between the ages of 26 and 48 years old (M = 32.75, SD = 6.02) and their children between the ages of 1 and 6 years old (M = 3.5, SD = 1.57). The current study uses the data from the first research-appointment, in which the mothers filled out some questionnaires about themselves and their children. The relationship between mothers’ childhood trauma and the behavioural problems of their child is examined while also exploring if this relationship is mediated. It is expected that this relationship is mediated by the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder-symptoms (PTSD) of mothers and by traumatic life events. The results show no significant relationship between mothers’ childhood trauma and the behavioural problems of their children. The mediation by traumatic life events is also not found in this study. At last, the relationship is also not mediated by PTSD-symptoms in this study. While this study doesn’t have any significant findings, the possible explanations and implications for further research and practise are discussed.Show less
Intimate partner violence is a major public health issue worldwide. New Latin American democracies in search of legitimacy attempted to tackle it through aspirational laws confronting gender norms,...Show moreIntimate partner violence is a major public health issue worldwide. New Latin American democracies in search of legitimacy attempted to tackle it through aspirational laws confronting gender norms, but studies on their empirical impact are lacking. Strategies focused on the criminal justice system to protect and empower women have been criticized by critical feminists for entrenching the patriarchal status quo. The findings of this paper back their concerns as criminal code reforms in Mexico are not associated with lower levels of intimate partner violence. Both the inappropriate design of the law and its lack of enforcement contribute to making the law a dead letter. I use the array of adoption of criminal code reforms in Mexican states to conduct a difference-in-differences statistical analysis. I then compare two states through a qualitative analysis to investigate causes behind the law’s lack of impact.Show less
The focus of this thesis is the change in Pamela due to her entrapment in Mr B.’s household, and the elements of violence that are present in the relationship between Mr B. and Pamela. This is...Show moreThe focus of this thesis is the change in Pamela due to her entrapment in Mr B.’s household, and the elements of violence that are present in the relationship between Mr B. and Pamela. This is examined by close-reading Pamela, and by investigating elements of Oroonoko and Beauty and the Beast to show how romanticized violence, Stockholm syndrome, and complex PTSD can be applied to literary characters.Show less
This thesis gives an insight in the consisentcy between children who had been witnessing domestic violence and children who had been maltreated in an other way. Analyses had been done based on data...Show moreThis thesis gives an insight in the consisentcy between children who had been witnessing domestic violence and children who had been maltreated in an other way. Analyses had been done based on data provided by the Tweede Nederlandse Prevalentiestudie naar Mishandeling van Kinderen en Jeugdigen (NPM-2010). It appeared that more then half of the children who had witnessed domestic violence suffered from at least one other form of maltreatment. No differences were found in the nine characteristics that had been tested in their distributions for children who had witnessed domestic violence compared with children who had maltreated in another form. With this study is confirmed that witnessing domestic violence does not significantly deviates from other maltreatmentforms.Show less
