Sibling Abuse: The Effects on the Individual, the Responses of the Parents, Its Prevalence and Prevention

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 44 - 56, 27.12.2017

Esra Işık Zeynep Çetin

Abstract

Although
sibling abuse is a social problem that is mentioned as the most common type of
domestic violence and negatively affect the lives of individuals, it has been
largely overlooked both in literature and studies. Sibling abuse is seen as an
intrafamilial problem by the society, most of the time it is being ignored by
families or with given incorrect responses abuse and its effects is reinforced
without being aware. The purpose of this study is to identify many short and
long term negative effects of sibling abuse in the lives of individuals and to
identify the given parental responses to abuse, to increase awareness about the
subject referring to the issues of its prevalence and prevention.

Keywords

sibling abuse, prevalence, prevention

Kardeş İstismarı: Birey Üzerindeki Etkileri, Ebeveynlerin Verdikleri Tepkiler, Yaygınlığı ve Önlenmesi

Abstract

Kardeş
istismarı bireylerin yaşamını olumsuz etkileyen ve aile içi şiddetin en yaygın
türü olarak belirtilen toplumsal bir sorun olmasına rağmen, gerek literatürde
gerekse yapılan çalışmalarda büyük ölçüde göz ardı edilmektedir. Kardeş
istismarı toplum tarafından aile içi bir problem olarak görülmekte, çoğu zaman
aileler tarafından görmezlikten gelinmekte ya da verilen yanlış tepkilerle istismar
ve etkileri farkında olmadan pekiştirilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı bireylerin
yaşamlarında kısa ve uzun vadede birçok olumsuz etkisi olan kardeş istismarının
birey üzerindeki etkilerini ve istismara verilen ebeveyn tepkilerini
tanımlamak, yaygınlığı ve önlenmesi konularına değinerek konu ile ilgili
farkındalığı artırmaktır.

Keywords

kardeş istismarı, yaygınlık, önleme

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