Violence Issues and Child Well-Being: A Study on Incarcerated Families in Kelantan
Children and youth today seem to have more stressor and difficulties in their everyday life especially when a parent goes to prison. Children with incarceration issues receive little attention, but the issue so widespread; concern for the well-being of the effected children has been raised. In...
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| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/3887/1/FH02-FKI-14-00597.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/3887/ |
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| Summary: | Children and youth today seem to have more stressor and difficulties in their
everyday life especially when a parent goes to prison. Children with incarceration issues
receive little attention, but the issue so widespread; concern for the well-being of the effected
children has been raised. Incarceration brings long term effects to family members by
increasing violence among children; impeding children to have a better picture of their life
which directly and indirectly affects children’s well-being. Growing up with violence issues
surrounding them is a crucial and devastating experience for the children. Using six selected
domains based on the suggestion from Land and colleagues (2001), we assessed the effects of
violence issues on children’s well-being with incarceration issues in Kelantan. There are
four items of violence being correlate with child well-being score; bullying, disturbance,
stigmatization and isolation. These were selected based on the current literature related to
children violence. The relationship between children’s well-being score and violence affects
were examined in 75 children aged 8 to 17 years with family incarceration issues in
Kelantan. Through the findings indicated that children with a higher level of isolation,
stigmatization, bullying and disturbance tend to have a low score of the child’s well-being.
Children simultaneously indicated that isolation, stigmatization, bullying and disturbance always occurred and was related to their parent’s incarceration status. The negative
perception they received also made the children a victim of bullying and thus more isolated. |
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