HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Social Work

Semester: Yearly

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dafna Tener

Coordinator Email: dafna.tener@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: By appointment

Teaching Staff:
Prof Dafna Tener

Course/Module description:
During this seminar, the students will conduct a research in the field of child sexual abuse, which will reflect a process of theoretical and practical learning. In the current seminar, the research will focus on sexual abuse committed within the framework of a youth movements and community centers, when each of the students will conduct research dealing with sub-issues relating to the unique contexts within this topic.

Course/Module aims:
1. To acquire theoretical and empirical knowledge regarding child sexual abuse in a multi-systemic and qualitative view
2. To develop the student's critical and broad thinking on the research topic and in carrying out qualitative research in the field
3. To allow personal experience in the various stages of the research: the research question, the research proposal, ethics, data collection, data analysis, writing the research and submitting.
4. To enable significant group experience in the form of work in peer groups, joint analysis of the findings, and more.
5. To enable a platform and visibility for the research results in the form of writing an academic or professional article, or through additional platforms, with the aim of providing professionals in the field with up-to-date and knowledge about the research topic

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. To locate a topic for research and formulate a research question
2. Summarize in an integrative and critical manner the existing scientific knowledge on the chosen topic
3. Formulate a clear and precise research proposal
4. Draft a request for approval from an ethics committee in order to conduct the research
5. To carry out the research work including collecting and analyzing data, writing and discussing the findings
6. To experience the thematic approach to qualitative data analysis
7. To present a research report that meets all the scientific criteria

Attendance requirements(%):
Compulsory attendance in all frontal teaching

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Frontal lectures, personal meetings, group work, individual work.

Course/Module Content:
1. Definition and review of key concepts and content in child sexual abuse, while focusing on the unique research topic that the course will deal with
2. Learning the principles of qualitative research theoretically and methodologically
3. Writing a research seminar: finding a topic, constructing a research question, writing a literature review, the method chapter, the findings chapter, and the discussion & implication chapter
4. Ethical issues in research

Required Reading:
ניתוח איכותני: מבוא ונתונים כלליים
ג'וסלסון, ר. (2015). כיצד לראיין למחקר איכותני: גישה התייחסותית. (ע' ליבליך, מתרגמת). תל-אביב:
מופ"ת.
ליבליך, ע., תובל-משיח, ר. וזילבר, ת. (2010). בין השלם וחלקיו, ובין תוכן לצורה. בתוך ל. קסן ומ. קרומר
נבו (ע'), ניתוח נתונים במחקר איכותני. באר שבע: אוניברסיטת בן גוריון. עמ' 21-42.
Coyne, I. T. (1997). Sampling in qualitative research. Purposeful and theoretical sampling; merging or clear boundaries? Journal of advanced nursing, 26(3), 623-630.
Creswell, J. W., & Miller, D. L. (2000). Determining validity in qualitative inquiry. Theory into practice, 39(3), 124-130.
Finlay, L. (2002). “Outing” the researcher: The provenance, process, and practice of reflexivity. Qualitative health research, 12(4), 531-545.
Flick, U. (2006). An introduction to qualitative research. London: Sage Publications. Chapter 8, pp. 97-104.
Flick, U. (2006). An introduction to qualitative research. London: Sage Publications. Chapter 5, pp. 57-64.
Patton, M.Q. (1990). Qualitative evaluation and research. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. pp. 482-492.
Turner, D. W. (2010). Qualitative interview design: A practical guide for novice investigators. The qualitative report, 15(3), 754.

ניתוח נתונים בגישה תמטית
Attride-Stirling, J. (2001). Thematic networks: an analytic tool for qualitative research. Qualitative Research, 1(3), pp. 385-405.
Braun, V. and Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), pp. 77-101.
Guest, G., MacQueen, K. M., & Namey, E. E. (2011). Applied thematic analysis. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Nowell, L. S., Norris, J. M., White, D. E., & Moules, N. J. (2017). Thematic analysis: Striving to meet the trustworthiness criteria. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 16(1), 1609406917733847.

פגיעות מיניות בילדים – כללי ) מאמרים לדוגמא)
Clayton, E., Jones, C., Brown, J., & Taylor, J. (2018). The aetiology of child sexual abuse: A critical review of the empirical evidence. Child Abuse Review, 27(3), 181-197.
Finkelhor, D. (1984). Child sexual abuse: New theory and research. New York: Free Press. pp. 53-69.
Lev-Wiesel, R. (2015). Childhood Sexual Abuse: From Conceptualization to Treatment. J Trauma Treat S, 4, 2167-1222.
Mathews, B., & Collin-Vézina, D. (2019). Child sexual abuse: Toward a conceptual model and definition. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 20(2), 131-148.
Sanjeevi, J., Houlihan, D., Bergstrom, K. A., Langley, M. M., & Judkins, J. (2018). A Review of Child Sexual Abuse: Impact, Risk, and Resilience in the Context of Culture. Journal of child sexual abuse, 27(6), 622-641.
Sigad, L.I., Davidov, J., Lev-Wiesel, R., and Eisikovits, Z. (2016). Toxic Knowledge Self-Alteration through Child Abuse Work. Journal of interpersonal violence, 31(3), pp. 481-499.

פגיעה מינית בתנועות נוער/מתנ"סים (מאמרים לדוגמא)

Alexandre, J., Castro, C., Gama, M., & Antunes, P. (2022). Perceptions of sexual abuse in
sport: a qualitative study in the Portuguese sports community. Frontiers in sports and active living, 4, 838480.

Cubellis, M. A. (2015). Sexual victimization, disclosure, and accountability:
organizational responses of the boy scouts of America to child sexual abuse. City University of New York.
Jeckell, A. S., Copenhaver, E. A., & Diamond, A. B. (2018). The spectrum of hazing and
peer sexual abuse in sports: A current perspective. Sports

Additional Reading Material:
During the course, students will locate materials according to their research needs

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 80 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 20 %
presentations

Additional information:
Research proposal 15%
Final report 65%