● 中文摘要：

　　研究顯示，婚姻暴力目睹兒童雖無明顯的肢體傷痕，但其所遭受的心理傷害與社會功能所受到的負面影響並不亞於受到肢體暴力的受虐兒童。但國內的目睹兒童服務缺乏確切的法源基礎與判斷目睹兒童是否應成為保護對象的評估指標。因此，本研究目的旨在建構目睹婚暴兒童保護服務的法源基礎與個案評估指標，以保護目睹兒童免於父母婚姻暴力的傷害。本研究設計採量化與質化研究的整合模式，分兩階段進行。研究第一階段先以焦點團體方式收集質化資料，並依質化資料的分析結果設計成量化問卷。第二階段則是將問卷寄送給社工人員填寫，以收集量化資料。研究結果顯示國內目前亟需建構適用於本土家庭的目睹婚暴兒童保護服務的法源基礎與個案評估指標，以健全國內的目睹兒童保護服務體系，保護處於父母婚姻風暴中的兒童。 

● English Abstract:

     Exposure to domestic violence has a damaging and long-term impact on children’s emotional, cognitive, social development and adult functioning. Therefore, there is a dire need to provide protective services to children in families with domestic violence. This study aims to examine the outcome and challenges of the current protection system for children exposed to domestic violence in Taiwan. The research design integrates qualitative and quantitative research methods in two-stages. The first stage collected qualitative data from six focus groups and a questionnaire was designed according to the qualitative data. The research participants in the focus groups included professionals in the social services and legal systems. The second stage collected national quantitative data via questionnaire from social workers involved in service provision to children exposed to domestic violence in every city in Taiwan. The research results show that there are no uniform standards and practices in the protection system for children exposed to domestic violence in Taiwan. Regardless of the various protection systems, the helpful service outcomes for children exposed to domestic violence reported by the service providers included: children’s learning how to protect themselves in violent situations； improving children’s emotional regulation； improving parent-child interactions； improving children’s ability to identify violent and dangerous situations； improving children’s adaptability in life； decreasing children’s learned violent behaviors； and improving peer interaction. Service providers confront a variety of challenges as they seek to serve children who have been exposed to domestic violence, including: manpower shortage, parents declining services, limited resources, lacking a comprehensive service delivery system, difficulties for parents to access services, not having a legal grounding, domestic violence cases freezing out the services available to children, lacking explicit indicators for screening/assessing, difficulty in treating children’s multiple trauma, the service network’s lack of familiarity with the issue of children exposed to domestic violence, and social workers’ lack of knowledge and skills to help children exposed to domestic violence. In conclusion, the expansion of service-delivery resources and networks is necessary to maintain the services needed to help these vulnerable children. 

● 文章連結：

https://goo.gl/4rvjqp

● 資料來源：

政府研究資訊系統