Using the Capability Approach in Social Work with Children Experiencing Post-Separation Parental Stalking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Nikupeteri (0000-0002-3897-4834, University of Lapland, corresponding author), Merja Laitinen (0000-0002-9418-5004, University of Lapland), Anna Gupta (0000-0001-6655-3327, Royal Holloway, University of London , Egham TW20 0EX, UK), Enni Mikkonen (0000-0002-2396-9346, University of Lapland) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 900-920 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcac163 |
| OpenAlex | W4295021900 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article analyses Finnish children’s experiences of post-separation parental stalking as a form of domestic violence and explores how the capabilities approach (CA) can help social workers understand the issue and support children. The data consist of thematic interviews with eighteen children and young people (aged 4–21 years) whose father or stepfather has stalked their mothers after separation. The theory-driven data analysis was carried out by utilising the CA as the theoretical framework. Our findings show that parental stalking undermines children’s well-being by compromising their safety and reducing their capabilities to use their agency. The study deepened our understanding of issues that children value in their lives and of their possibilities to exercise their agency under parental stalking. Our findings suggest that social workers can support children’s agency and their chances of living out their values through interventions which provide internal and external protection. It is important that social workers create a situated understanding of children’s experiences through a relationship in which children are considered sentient individuals who are listened to and valued. The article offers a novel contribution to the application of the CA in social work involving children exposed to parental stalking
Agency (philosophy) · Child protection · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Situated · Social support · Sociology · Stalking · Thematic analysis · Value (mathematics) · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment · Social Work
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |