Date of Award
2000
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Associate Professor Collette Tayler
Second Advisor
Professor Max Angus
Abstract
Child abuse and neglect are endemic not only in Western countries but also in developing countries such as Uganda. An investigation was conducted to establish how parents living in rural Uganda construe child abuse and neglect. The study is of theoretical interest on two counts. First, there is evidence to suggest that Western accounts of child abuse and neglect may not apply to developing countries, a matter of importance given the dominance of Western research in the thinking of policy and intervention studies. Second, most of the research assumes that abuse and neglect are self-evident constructs and there is seldom effort to see whether the perpetrators or the victims of the 'abuse' and 'neglect' construe the relevant actions in these terms. This study is notable for its attempt to examine child abuse and neglect through the eyes of parents and children
Recommended Citation
Tuwangye, E. (2000). Parents' construction of emotional abuse and neglect of children aged birth to six years in a rural district in Uganda. Retrieved from http://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1525