Experience of helplessness of child suffering in narratives of post-graduate students Prevention of sexual
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Doświadczenie bezradności cierpienia dziecka w narracjach słuchaczy studiów podyplomowych Profilaktyka przemocy seksualnej wobec dzieci i młodzieży
Experience of helplessness of child suffering in narratives of post-graduate students Prevention of sexual violence against children and adolescents

Author(s): Barbara Adamczyk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, Sociology
Published by: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz – Instytut Technologii Eksploatacji
Keywords: helplessness; childhood; sexual violence;

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses issues related to the experience of helplessness of a child’ssuffering. The theoretical part presents the perspective of understanding the helplessness ofa child experiencing sexual violence. The methodological part introduces the basic assumptionsof the research project. The subject of the study was the helplessness of a victim of sexualviolence, and the purpose was to identify significant determinants showing the helplessnessof suffering of a child experiencing sexual violence and their description in the experience ofstudy participants. The study used the narrative method following content analysis. The researchproblem took the form of a question: What is the experience of helpless suffering of a child in thenarratives of post-graduate students preparing to work with an abused child? The research wasconducted in 2019 among 23 post-graduate students preparing for counseling work. Obtainedresearch results have allowed the emergence of subcategories within the examined categoriesthat show the specificity and value of the helplessness of the suffering of the child describedby the respondents - victims of sexual violence. In addition, the conclusions of the study arevaluable for pedagogical practice, especially in the scope of enriching the educational offer forthe teaching profession and teacher in relation to diagnostic, intervention and support activitiesfor people with experience of violence.

  • Issue Year: 112/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 133-144
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish