1. Student's full name: Giang Thi Thu Thuy 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: April 23, 1974
4. Place of birth: Lao Cai
5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2204/QD-XHNV. August 15, 2022 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in training process: No
7. Thesis topic: Perceptions of psychosocial support for victims of domestic violence based on understanding of psychological trauma
8. Major: Psychology; 9. Code: 8310401.01
10. Scientific advisor: Dr. Tran Thu Huong, Faculty of Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
11. Summary of thesis results:
The main results of the thesis include:
- The empirical study showed that the awareness of domestic violence and its manifestations among individuals in the 138 committee dealing with social work issues in the study was quite good, however, awareness of violence via text messages was still not really high. The awareness of domestic violence among village-level members was significantly lower than that of the group of local officials and leaders at the commune level participating in the program to support victims of domestic violence. In addition, there was no statistically significant difference in awareness of domestic violence among subjects by age, gender, education level... Self-assessment of psychological support capacity among female subjects was higher than that of male subjects; among local leaders at the commune level was significantly higher than that of village-level members; and the self-assessment of the group trained in TIC was higher than that of the group not trained.
- Awareness of trauma-informed psychological support based on the 4Rs framework was at an average level, with awareness of re-traumatization prevention being the lowest. Awareness of the six principles of support was also at an average level. Among them, awareness of cultural, gender, and legal sensitivity was highest, while awareness of trust and transparency and equal partnership were lowest and below average.
- The results showed that there were no significant differences between the target groups in terms of awareness of the effects of psychological trauma as well as ways to support people with psychological trauma. In terms of awareness of signs of psychological trauma, there were statistically significant differences between the target groups classified by gender, interview group and education level. Similarly, awareness of reducing re-traumatization also had differences between the interview group and education level. In addition, when comparing the awareness of principles of psychological support based on understanding of trauma, some significant differences were also found.
12. Practical applicability: Helps Hagar Vietnam have a basis to build capacity building programs for local officials on support based on understanding of psychological trauma, helping support activities for victims of domestic violence at the commune and village levels to be more realistic to the needs and more effective;
13. Further research directions:
- Support theoretical research, focus on reviewing existing documents that are being used to improve the capacity of local officials on gender, gender violence, domestic violence, and child protection to select the knowledge that needs to be supplemented to improve their knowledge of supporting victims of violence in the locality based on support methods that understand trauma, avoiding overlap that causes waste of resources and time.
- Further research is needed on the effectiveness of applying TIC assessment on clients who have experienced trauma and have received psychosocial support using a trauma-informed approach;
14. Published works related to the thesis:
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Giang Thi Thu Thuy 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: April 23, 1974 4. Place of birth: Lao Cai
5. Admission decision number: 2204/QD-XHNV Dated August 15, 2022 of the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in academic process:
7. Official thesis title: Awareness of Psycho-social Support for Domestic Violence Survivors based on Trauma-Informed Care (TIC)
8. Major: Psychology. 9. Code: 8310401.01
10. Supervisors: Dr. Tran Thu Huong- Department of Psychology - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:
1) The result shows that the awareness of domestic violence and forms of violence expression among individuals in the board named 138 (resolving social work issues) in the study is quite good, however the awareness of violence via text messages is still not really high. The awareness of domestic violence among village-level key members is significantly lower than that of commune-level officials and leaders participating in the domestic programs. In addition, there is no significant significant difference in the awareness of domestic violence between subjects by age, gender, education level, etc. The result of self-assessment of psychological support capacity in the female group shows higher than in the male group; also, it is significantly higher in the commune-level officials and leaders group than in village-level key member group; and the self-assessment of the group receiving TIC training is higher than the group without training.
(2) The awareness of trauma-informed psychological support based on the understanding of trauma according to the 4R theoretical framework is at an average level, in which the awareness of preventing re-traumatization shows the lowest. The awareness of the 6 principles is also at an average level. Of which, the awareness of the principles of cultural, gender issues is the highest, conversely, the awareness of the principles of trustworthiness & transparency and collaboration & mutuality are the lowest and below average.
(3) The results show no significant differences between different targeted groups in awareness to realize impacts of trauma as well as awareness on how to respond to survivors. In terms of recognizing signs of trauma, there are significantly significant differences between groups categorized by gender, interviewee groups and education levels. Likewise, awareness of resisting from re-traumatization also differs between interviewee groups classified with different levels of education background. In addition, when comparing interviewee awareness of the principles of TIC, some significant differences were also found.
12. Practical applicability, if any: To help Hagar International in Vietnam has a basis to develop relevant capacity building programs on TIC for local partners at commune-level and village level to address their needs better and be more effective.
13. Further research directions, if any: .
- It is suggested to support theoretical researches, focusing on reviewing the materials that have been and are being used to improve the capacity of local staff on gender, gender-based violence, domestic violence, child protection, etc. to select the knowledge parts that need supplementation to improve their knowledge of supporting victims of violence locally based on the TIC approach, avoiding overlap and waste of physical, human resources and time.
- Further studies are needed on the effectiveness of applying TIC assessed on clients/ survivors who have experienced trauma and received socio-psychological support using TIC.
14. Thesis-related publications:
