‘How dare you call that playground banter?!’: Service provider perspectives on coercive control and young people

Burton, V. and Gormally, S. (2023) ‘How dare you call that playground banter?!’: Service provider perspectives on coercive control and young people. Children and Society, (doi: 10.1111/chso.12724) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

This article presents service provider perspectives on young people and coercive control. Findings illustrate that young people need help from service providers to identify coercive control whilst simultaneously, some service providers minimise young people's experiences using an adult focused frame of reference. This has the potential to deny their agency and render young people's experiences invisible. We highlight the need for education on the specific issues young people face including how that might differ from adults. Finally, we examine the paradoxical role of social media as having transformative possibilities yet in a parallel process, creating opportunities for continued abuse.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Gormally, Professor Sinead
• Authors: Burton, V., and Gormally, S.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education > People, Place & Social Change
• Journal Name: Children and Society
• Publisher: Wiley
• ISSN: 0951-0605
• ISSN (Online): 1099-0860
• Published Online: 31 March 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Children and Society 2023
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons license