Table 2 Study characteristics Violence against children
Author | Country | Study setting (urban/rural) | Nature of conflict | Research design | Sample size (n) | Age of sample | Particular group of focus | Type of violence and role of perpetrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catani (2008) [12] | Sri Lanka | School-based | Intrastate | Cross-sectional study | 296 | 9–15; 12.2 | Students | Physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse including witnessing IPV between parents, from family member |
Catani (2009) [40] | Afghanistan | School-based, urban | Internationalised intrastate | Cross-sectional study | 287 | 7–15; Girls 11.8 (1.6) Boys 10.9 (1.7). Combined mean: 11 | Students | Physical violence (family violence defined as being exposed to physical, emotional or sexual abuse or witnessing IPV) from family member including sibling |
Fayyad (2017) [47] | Lebanon | School-based, peri-urban | Intrastate | Cross-sectional study | 252 | 14.7 (1.7) | Adolescents from grades 7 to 12 who experienced at least one war event | Physical violence (family violence) from parents and family |
O'Leary (2018) [27] | Afghanistan | Community-based, rural and urban | Internationalised intrastate | Cross-sectional study | 149 | 12–18; 14.6 | Children living in Kabul | Physical abuse (domestic violence and neglect) from parents |
Panter-Brick (2011) [43] | Afghanistan | School-based | Internationalised intrastate | Cohort study | 234 | 11–16; 13.5 (1.51) | Students | Physical violence (domestic violence) from family members |
Panter-Brick (2015) [42] | Afghanistan | School-based | Internationalised intrastate | Cohort study | 331 | 11–16 | Students in grades 5–10 | Physical violence (domestic violence) from unknown groups |
Saile (2016) [28] | Uganda | Community-based | Interstate | Cross-sectional study | 513 | 6–13; 8.79 (SD 1.29) | Children attending second-grade | Physical (family violence e.g. experiencing and witnessing physical and verbal domestic violence) from family member |
Sriskandarajah (2015) [41] | Sri Lanka | School-based | Intrastate | Cross-sectional study | 359 | 7–11. M = 9.2 (SD 1.0) | Primary school children and their parents. Tamil families | Physical, emotional/psychological and sexual violence (Exposure to family violence and IPV) from Parents |