children born of rape; gender; parental alliance; parental stress; rape survivor; Education; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Abstract :
[en] Objective: The goal was to understand how children born of rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo induce parental stress and how parents work together to care for these children. Background: Abundant literature is devoted to children born of rape, but nothing is known about the stress undergone by their parents in the care process. Method: Twenty-four rape survivor couples and 26 control couples with children aged 6–17 were subjected to Parenting Alliance Inventory (PAI) and Parenting Stress Index (PSI) tests in the east part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Results: The parental alliance of the rape survivor couples was comparable to that of the controls. However, for survivor couples, mothers received more support from their husbands for girls than for boys. Parental stress was low among fathers. It was high among mothers of boys and low among fathers of girls. Finally, it was high among mothers of boys compared with fathers. Conclusion: Boys born of rape induce high parental stress compared with girls born of rape, and mothers experience more stress than fathers. Implications: Support programs for families of rape survivors must be gender specific for both parents and children, and preferably a family-centered approach should be considered.
Research Center/Unit :
ARCH - Adaptation, Résilience et CHangement - ULiège
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Foussiakda, Cécilia A.; Faculty of Psychology, Logopedics and Education Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium ; Centre d'Excellence Denis Mukwege, Université Evangélique en Afrique, Bukavu, Democratic Republic Congo
Balegamire, Juvenal B.; Faculty of Social Sciences, Université Evangélique en Afrique, Bukavu, Democratic Republic Congo
Mugumaarhahama, Yannick; Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Université Evangélique en Afrique, Bukavu, Democratic Republic Congo
Gavray, Claire ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences sociales
Blavier, Adelaïde ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psycho-traumatisme
Language :
English
Title :
Stress induced by children born of rape and the parental alliance in the DR Congo
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