School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 1;20(5):4385. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054385.
Context is known to have substantial influence on issues pertaining to child development. Nevertheless, the field of child well-being, risk, and protection is rooted in Western modernized research and experience, often overlooking contextual dissimilarity. The present study aimed to explore risk and protection for children in a distinct context: the Ultra-Orthodox community, which is an insular and religiously close-knit society. Fifteen in-depth interviews with Ultra-Orthodox fathers dealing with issues of child risk and protection were conducted and thematically analyzed. Analysis of the findings revealed two major areas that fathers viewed as posing potential risk for children: poverty and a lack of paternal presence. In both cases, the fathers emphasized that appropriate mediation of these circumstances can diffuse their potential harm. The discussion outlines the different ways fathers proposed mediating potential risk situations, highlighting distinct religion-related methods. It then considers specific, context-informed ramifications and recommendations and notes limitations and directions for future study.
背景对儿童发展相关问题有重大影响。然而，儿童福利、风险和保护领域根植于西方现代化的研究和经验，往往忽略了背景的差异。本研究旨在探索一个独特背景下的儿童风险和保护问题：极端正统派社区，这是一个孤立且宗教紧密结合的社会。通过 15 次深入访谈，研究了处理儿童风险和保护问题的极端正统派父亲，并对其进行了主题分析。研究结果分析揭示了父亲认为可能对儿童造成潜在风险的两个主要领域：贫困和缺乏父性存在。在这两种情况下，父亲都强调适当调解这些情况可以减轻其潜在危害。讨论部分概述了父亲提出的调解潜在风险情况的不同方式，突出了与宗教相关的不同方法。然后，它考虑了特定的、与背景相关的影响和建议，并注意到局限性和未来研究方向。
