ABSTRACT

The ongoing occupation in Palestine involves structural colonial oppression over the native population, depriving Palestinians of fundamental human rights. The set of political, social, economic, and environmental factors that result from the occupation has a lasting direct and indirect effect on the well-being of the children exposed to systematic violence. In this study, we explored the effect of systematic violence and military oppression in a group of 22 school-aged youths (M = 12.2; SD = 2.69, 45.5% girls) living in the West Bank. We identified factors associated with children’s maladjustment to potentially traumatic environments and survival skills following a socio-ecological lens. Data were collected through biographical participative interviews. The TCA identified six themes: the pervasiveness of the Israeli violence; the unexpected costs of the pandemic; victims and perpetrators of intra-community violence; everyday acts of happiness (or normalcy); support from families, peers, and community; subverting negative situations, and fighting back. Children emerged as continuously engaged in adjustment and readjustment to inhuman living conditions, making normal what is abnormal in their development. The study draws attention to the political antecedent and determinants of the Palestinian children’s actions and reactions to violence, highlighting the impossibility of exploring children’s growth while avoiding political and human rights implications.

摘要

巴勒斯坦的持续占领涉及对当地居民的结构性殖民压迫，剥夺了巴勒斯坦人的基本人权。占领导致的一系列政治、社会、经济和环境因素对遭受系统暴力的儿童的福祉具有持久的直接和间接影响。在这项研究中，我们探讨了系统性暴力和军事压迫对生活在约旦河西岸的 22 名学龄青年（M = 12.2；SD = 2.69，45.5% 是女孩）的影响。我们从社会生态学的角度确定了与儿童对潜在创伤环境和生存技能失调相关的因素。通过传记参与访谈收集数据。TCA 确定了六个主题：以色列暴力的普遍性；大流行的意外成本；社区内暴力的受害者和肇事者；日常的幸福行为（或常态）；来自家庭、同龄人和社区的支持；颠覆消极局面，反击。儿童不断地适应和重新适应非人的生活条件，使他们发展中的异常变得正常。该研究提请注意巴勒斯坦儿童对暴力行为和反应的政治前因和决定因素，强调不可能在探索儿童成长的同时避免政治和人权影响。儿童不断地适应和重新适应非人的生活条件，使他们发展中的异常变得正常。该研究提请注意巴勒斯坦儿童对暴力行为和反应的政治前因和决定因素，强调在探索儿童成长的同时避免政治和人权影响是不可能的。儿童不断地适应和重新适应非人的生活条件，使他们发展中的异常变得正常。该研究提请注意巴勒斯坦儿童对暴力行为和反应的政治前因和决定因素，强调不可能在探索儿童成长的同时避免政治和人权影响。