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Toxic Knowledge: Self-Alteration Through Child Abuse Work.

Laura I Sigad1, Jonathan Davidov2, Rachel Lev-Wiesel3

  • 1University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel laura.sigad@gmail.com.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence
|November 9, 2014
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Child abuse intervention professionals experience profound personal life changes due to their work. This knowledge is toxic, altering self-perception and parental identity, impacting family dynamics.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Professionals in child abuse intervention face unique challenges impacting their personal lives.
  • Understanding the integration of work experiences into personal and family domains is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how involvement in child abuse intervention and prevention affects professionals' private lives.
  • To develop a model illustrating how professionals conceptualize and integrate these experiences.

Main Methods:

  • Descriptive-phenomenological perspective.
  • Qualitative data from 40 in-depth interviews with professionals.

Main Results:

  • Internalizing child abuse knowledge occurs in two domains: affirming/denying the phenomenon and coping strategies.
Keywords:
child abusechild abuse professionalsidentity formationparental identitytypes of knowledge

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  • Knowledge of child abuse acts as a catalyst, altering self-perception and parental identity.
  • A typology of self-alteration and its mechanisms are presented.

    • Conclusions:

    • Professionals' private lives are significantly impacted by their work with child abuse.
    • Child abuse knowledge can be 'toxic,' leading to fundamental changes in identity.
    • Understanding these changes is vital for supporting professionals in this field.