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2023
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| Online-Zugang: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15449041 |
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- <div><span>ABSTRACT </span></div> <div><span>Intimate partner violence has become a global threat to women's health and this can negatively impact on children's </span><span>health and wellbeing. This study aims to explore the views of married couples about intimate-partner violence and its </span><span>effects on children in Haske Settlement of Jos, North Central Nigeria. The study adopted exploratory qualitative </span><span>research and the target population included married couples living within the Haske Settlement and data collection </span></div> <div><span>process employed focus group discussion methods with thematic analysis. The themes and the sub themes that emerged </span><span>from the coding analysis were: i) occurrence of intimate partner violence; reflecting incessant violence among young </span><span>married couples; ii) factors of misunderstanding and lack of patience among the couples; iii) effects of violence among </span><span>the couples; reflecting default growth among the children and faulty character formation, deviant behavior and </span><span>sustained alcoholism, poor performance at school, altered psychological, physical and spiritual wellbeing and lifestyle </span><span>of divorce and separation later in life; iv) possible solutions of prayers, mutual understanding, counselling and mingling </span><span>with others with enhanced relationships were identified as cushioning intimate partner violence among the couples. The </span><span>study highlighted that young married couples were more likely to experience intimate partner violence, and the factors </span><span>of misunderstanding and lack of patience were usually responsible for causation and the effects on children reflected </span><span>default growth and faulty character formation, poor performance at school, retarded psychological, physical and </span><span>emotional wellbeing. Possible solutions of prayer, mutual understanding, counselling and enhanced relationships will </span><span>cushion the effects of intimate partner violence.</span></div>