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Children's representations of sources of safety in a high violence community
Includes abstract.
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2014
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| author | Baillie, Kim Lisa |
| author2 | Kaminer, Debbie |
| author_browse | Baillie, Kim Lisa Kaminer, Debbie |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10020 Children's representations of sources of safety in a high violence community Baillie, Kim Lisa Kaminer, Debbie Clinical Psychology Includes abstract. South African youth are at risk for injury and victimisation and those living in high violence contexts are particularly vulnerable to physical threats. Insight into how children keep themselves safe has immense practical relevance, however little has been documented regarding children's perceived sources of safety. Using the methodology of Photovoice, ten children were recruited from a high violence community to take photographs of "things", "people" and "places" that made them feel safe. Interviews were then conducted with the children about their photographs. Using thematic analysis, photographs were first categorised to identify which sources of safety were most commonly represented by participants. Thereafter, the narratives of participants' photographs were analysed to develop an understanding of how and why these sources of safety were salient. In the analysis of the photographs, public spaces were more frequently represented as safe than private ones. Other children were more frequently identified as sources of safety than adults and there was a prominent concern with physical barriers and home security mechanisms. The analysis of participants' narratives revealed that the above places, people and items afford safety by providing (1) physical security (2) interpersonal connectedness (3) spiritual connectedness; and (4) the improvement of social conditions through the development of infrastructure. These findings are considered in relation to existing literature and recommendations for child safety promotion strategies and for future research are offered. 2014-12-25T15:57:20Z 2014-12-25T15:57:20Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MSocSci http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10020 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Clinical Psychology Baillie, Kim Lisa Children's representations of sources of safety in a high violence community |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Children's representations of sources of safety in a high violence community |
| title_full | Children's representations of sources of safety in a high violence community |
| title_fullStr | Children's representations of sources of safety in a high violence community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Children's representations of sources of safety in a high violence community |
| title_short | Children's representations of sources of safety in a high violence community |
| title_sort | children s representations of sources of safety in a high violence community |
| topic | Clinical Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10020 |
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