Impact of Domestic Violence on Children's Behavior: Research Proposal

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Research Proposal
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Theoretical approach.......................................................................................................................3
Plan of investigation........................................................................................................................3
Anticipated impact on potential beneficiaries.................................................................................6
Ethical concerns...............................................................................................................................7
Potential difficulties of the research................................................................................................7
Methods of dissemination................................................................................................................8
Timetable.........................................................................................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Domestic violence is defined in the social and health discipline as the orderly patterns
and attributes of abusive behaviors within relationships used for gaining and maintaining power
and control over another individual. This includes sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological
abuse, emotional abuse and financial abuse. It has also been noted that domestic violence is a
leading cause of injury to children and women in a number of developing as well as developed
countries (Rogers and Parkinson 2018). The issue is not only of interest in the social science
field, but also draws attention of policy makers in mental and medical health domain since the
effects of violence lead to direct and indirect physical and mental health problems (Song et al.
2017). A rich pool of research aims at analyzing the impact of domestic violence on children in
different communities, mentions (Överlien 2017). The behavioral and psychological
development of children is influenced to a great extent when the upbringing is done in an abusive
environment. Children who are repeatedly exposed to domestic violence have been linked to
diverse psychiatric symptoms that indicate poor adjustment to life course. These symptoms
might be internalized or externalized, depending on the nature of abuse. While some incidents
give rise to externalized behaviors such as aggression and agitation, others lead to depression and
anxiety as the internalized symptoms of suffering or being exposed to any form of domestic
violence (Lewis et al. 2017).
The proposed research would aim to address the following research question of “What is the
impact of domestic violence on children in relation to their behavior?” The aim of the proposed
research would be to highlight the effects of exposure to domestic violence on behavior of
children and how these can be addressed. The objectives of the study would be as follows-

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 To understand the extent of exposure of children to domestic violence
 To highlight impact of domestic violence on behavior of children
 To bring into focus the impact of domestic violence on adjustments made by children in
the social context
 To analyze the impact of domestic violence on development of children
Theoretical approach
Research methodology and the underlying theoretical approach is the particular technique
or process that is used for identifying, selecting, processing and analyzing information for
addressing the research questions optimally. In the propose research, a mixed research
methodology would be considered for fulfilling the research objectives. In such a research
methodology, both qualitative and quantitative information would be analyzed and integrated for
drawing the final inferences (Alavi and Hąbek 2016). Such a research approach is used in cases
where integration of both forms of data can lead to a better understanding of the research
problem than either one alone. In the proposed study, the researchers can gain breadth and depth
of corroboration and understanding of the research topic of impact of domestic violence on
children. Since limited primary research exists on the concerned topic that collected data children
having exposure to domestic violence, a future research in this regard would need to be analyzed
in context of the data generated from existing pool of researches. Mixed method approach is
useful researchers aim to generalize study findings from qualitative research (McCusker and
Gunaydin 2015). The key advantage of the methodology would be that a more comprehensive
understanding of the research problem would be gained.