Addressing physical and psychological sibling violence: Perspectives from youth care professionals in Belgium

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107612

Eva Van Kelecom , Corinna Jenkins Tucker , Stefaan Pleysier , Johan Put

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Abstract

Background

Despite its prevalence and potential consequences, sibling violence often stays under the radar in professional health care, social and judicial services. The lack of awareness and training related to sibling violence has led to failing to detect and properly address it.

Objective

The main goals of this study are to investigate how youth care professionals in social and judicial services address physical and psychological sibling violence, what challenges they encounter while trying to address it, and their thoughts on needed changes to practice and policy to reduce sibling violence. The study expands current knowledge of evidence-based practice approaches which are generally limited to social work and school counseling, by including youth care professionals in social and judicial services.

Participants and setting

Youth care professionals in social and judicial services (n = 13) in Flanders (Belgium) were selected based on their experience addressing child abuse and neglect.

Methods

In-depth interviews and focus groups were conducted, transcribed and coded using initial, pattern and selective coding methods.

Results

Consistent with previous literature, results indicate a lack of awareness of sibling violence in Flemish social and judicial youth care services. Professionals consistently expressed the need for greater awareness about sibling violence and tools to respond to it adequately. They prioritized a social service response characterized by a family-oriented approach rather than a judicial response.

Conclusion

Professionals need information on typical sibling dynamics and signs and impacts of sibling violence and evidence-based tools to effectively address it. Given the prevalence and impacts of sibling violence, the development of evidence-based training and family-oriented prevention and intervention efforts are critical to reduce it, but such efforts are limited by professionals' capacity, funding, and time.

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处理身体和心理兄弟姐妹暴力：来自比利时青年护理专业人员的观点

尽管兄弟姐妹暴力很普遍，而且有潜在的后果，但在专业保健、社会和司法服务中，兄弟姐妹暴力往往不为人所知。由于缺乏对兄弟姐妹暴力的认识和培训，导致无法发现和妥善处理这一问题。目的本研究的主要目的是调查社会和司法服务部门的青少年护理专业人员如何处理身体和心理上的兄弟姐妹暴力，他们在试图解决这一问题时遇到的挑战，以及他们对减少兄弟姐妹暴力的实践和政策需要改变的想法。该研究扩展了目前基于证据的实践方法的知识，这些方法通常仅限于社会工作和学校咨询，包括社会和司法服务中的青年护理专业人员。法兰德斯（比利时）社会和司法服务部门的参与者和环境青年护理专业人员（n = 13）是根据他们处理虐待和忽视儿童的经验选择的。方法进行深度访谈和焦点小组访谈，采用初始编码法、模式编码法和选择性编码法进行转录和编码。结果与先前的文献一致，结果表明弗拉芒社会和司法青年护理服务缺乏对兄弟姐妹暴力的认识。专业人士一直表示，需要提高对兄弟姐妹暴力的认识，需要有适当应对这种暴力的工具。它们优先考虑以面向家庭的方式为特点的社会服务反应，而不是司法反应。结论：专业人员需要了解典型的兄弟姐妹动态、兄弟姐妹暴力的迹象和影响，以及有效解决这一问题的循证工具。鉴于兄弟姐妹暴力的普遍性和影响，发展以证据为基础的培训和以家庭为导向的预防和干预工作对于减少暴力至关重要，但这些努力受到专业人员能力、资金和时间的限制。

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Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

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7.40

自引率

10.40%

发文量

397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.