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Résumé
La présente étude porte sur le profil des enfants exposés à la violence conjugale signalés aux services de protection de la jeunesse du Québec ainsi que sur la réponse aux besoins d’aide des familles. Elle vise à apporter un éclairage nouveau en distinguant l’exposition à la violence conjugale physique et psychologique de même qu’en incluant des formes directes et indirectes de l’exposition à la violence conjugale physique. L’étude repose sur l’utilisation d’un échantillon représentatif des enfants de moins de 18 ans dont le signalement pour maltraitance ou troubles de comportement a été évalué par les intervenants de la DPJ dans les seize centres jeunesse du Québec. Les résultats font ressortir la lourdeur des situations; l’exposition à la violence conjugale se présente le plus souvent en cooccurrence avec d’autres formes de maltraitance de même qu’avec d’autres difficultés de fonctionnement chez les parents. Les enfants exposés sont également plus jeunes. La situation semble particulièrement complexe dans les cas d’exposition à la violence conjugale psychologique. Le fait que la majorité des familles où il y a violence conjugale ne soit pas référée à des services sociaux adaptés à cette problématique est préoccupant. L’intervention auprès de ces familles nécessite que soit pris en compte non seulement les besoins des enfants, mais également ceux reliés à la victimisation des mères et à la violence du conjoint.
Mots-clés :
- enfants exposés à la violence conjugale physique ou psychologique,
- protection de la jeunesse
Abstract
The present study concerns the profile of the children exposed to the domestic violence reported to the child welfare services in Quebec as well as on the answer to the needs for help of families. It aims at giving a new perspective by distinguishing the exposure to the physical and psychological domestic violence as well than direct and indirect forms of the exposure. The study is based on the use of a representative sample of the children under age 18 reported to the child welfare services in sixteen centers youth of Quebec. The findings indicate that children who have been exposed to domestic violence are more often victims of others forms of maltreament than other children. Their family environment is also more affected by parental difficulties. The situation is particularly complexe in the case of exposure to the domestic psychological violence. The fact that the majority of the families where there is domestic violence are not oriented to social services adapted to this problem is worrisome. The intervention with these families requires that is not only taken into account the needs for the children, but also those are related to the victimization of the mothers and to the violence of the spouse.
Keywords:
- Children exposed to physical or psychological domestic violence,
- child welfare
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