School as a Context for Youth Intimate Partner Violence: Young Voices on Educational Sabotage

This article focuses on the role of the school environment as a context of youth intimate partner violence. Results, derived from interviews and a survey, show that physical closeness to the abuser, control over victims’ appearance and behaviour, ostracism by peers, non-attendance, and lack of focus...

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Published inNordic journal of social research Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 1 - 15
Main Authors Lagerlöf, Hélène, Øverlien, Carolina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universitetsforlaget 12.10.2022
Subjects
Academic achievement
Artikler
Dating violence
Educational sabotage
Intimate partner violence
School
Youth
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Summary:This article focuses on the role of the school environment as a context of youth intimate partner violence. Results, derived from interviews and a survey, show that physical closeness to the abuser, control over victims’ appearance and behaviour, ostracism by peers, non-attendance, and lack of focus negatively affect academic achievement and well-being at school. Youths did not consider the school environment a sanctuary from violence but described how violence played out in school, even after the relationship ended. Furthermore, although respondents emphasised school as a suitable arena for violence prevention, few confided in school staff. The results support the need for school safety, violence prevention and cooperation with social services.
Bibliography:10.18261/njsr
ISSN:1892-2783
1892-2783
DOI:10.18261/njsr.13.2.2