9 page research paper (Due in 11 hours)

Surname 6

Male Female

3. Marital Status

Single Married Widowed Divorced/separated

4. Level of education

None Primary Secondary College/University

5. From which family set up (structure) were you brought up?

Monogamous Polygamous Single father Single mother

Guardian

6. Have you ever encountered domestic violence activities?

Yes No

If yes, was it in the presence of children?

Yes No

7. How many times have you encountered domestic violence in front of a child or how many times shave your viewed domestic violence during your childhood?

One 2/3 4/5 above 5

8. Do children viewing domestic violence develop poor performance?

Yes No

9. Do children viewing domestic violence develop health issues?

Yes No

10. What initiatives should be done to help children experiencing domestic violence?

11. What prevention measures should be developed to protect children from domestic violence?

12. Between parents and Children, who have the potentiality of solving the problem of domestic violence with children

13. What the long term effects of unresolved domestic violence with children?

14. Do children who experience domestic violence have a likelihood of engaging in domestic violence during their adulthood?

15. Is there an initiative the government can engage in to solve the problem of domestic violence and children?

Methodology

Research design

The study will utilize mixed methods whereby both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used. Quantitative research method is used in numeric data which include the closed ended questions while qualitative method is applied on non-numeric data that is the open ended questions (Sreejesh and Mohapatra 52)

Sampling technique

The sampling technic used by the researcher is simple random sampling technique. This method is appropriate because it provide the elements in the population equal chances to be selected in the sample and reduced cases of biasness (Etikan 6).

Data collection

The researcher will use primary data to carry out the study whereby questionnaires will be provided to participants. The information obtained from the participants will help the researcher is carrying out the survey.

Data analysis

The researcher will use statistical method, which is the correlation method to analyze the data obtained. Narrative method will also be used to analyze the information provided by respondents in open ended questions (Liu 36).

Ethical Considerations

Ethical consider as an essential factor in carrying out the researcher. The respondent will be informed not to include any personal detains that may lead to their identification. In addition, the data obtained will be used for this study only hence confidentiality will be maintained.

Results

There were 100 participants whereby 36 were between 18 to 30 years, 32 were aged between 30 and 44, 18 were between 45 and 60 while 14 were over 60 years. Among the responded 48 were male while 52 were female. The marital status of the respondents who were grouped into single, married, windowed and divorced/separated categories recorded 18, 36, 14 and 32 respectively. Among the responded 56 participant had experience domestic violence in their life time either during their childhood or in front of child at least once in their lifetime. Among the responded 72 percent identified the domestic violence affected children performance while 60 percent revealed that it affects their health status of a child.

Data analysis

Domestic violence is experienced at a high degree whereby it possesses negative effects to health and education performance of the child. Most of the people have experienced domestic violence in their lifetimes. There exist correlations between children and domestic violence whereby domestic violence caused negative effects to the lives of the children. Parents should be involved in handling the issue of domestic violence so that they can reduce the chances of domestic violence taking place at home.

Responded reveals that there are various initiatives that will help children experiencing domestic violence which include creation of awareness, counseling and taking children to health care facilities where they are safe. The parents should be educated on the impact of their engagement in domestic violence to the child whereby it affects their health and education performance. Family therapy was recognized by 70 percent as an effective means of preventing the child from domestic violence. In addition, 68 percent identified the government should play a role in eliminating domestic violence their effects to children. The government should impose laws that prohibit parent from engaging in domestic violence.

Discussion

Domestic violence is one of the causes of children disorders in their education as well as health. Children have a tendency of recording their experience for a long terms which affect others psychological functioning. Children experiencing domestic violence have low level of concentration which prevents them from attaining result in their education. Both children who witness their parents in domestic violence and face the violence themselves are affected. It is essential for the family to engage in peaceful ways of handing undesired issuer instead of engaging in physical violence. Family therapy is one of the initiatives the parents should considered so that the existing issue are solved without engage in violence they have along terms effect to the development of the child.

Work cited

Etikan, Ilker. "Combination of Probability Random Sampling Method with Non Probability Random Sampling Method (Sampling Versus Sampling Methods)." Biometrics & Biostatistics International Journal, vol. 5, no. 6, 2017.

Liu, Xian. "Traditional methods of longitudinal data analysis." Methods and Applications of Longitudinal Data Analysis, 2016, pp. 19-59.

Sreejesh, S., and Sanjay Mohapatra. "Research Methodology." Mixed Method Research Design, 2013, pp. 47-68.