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Social Representations of Children and Parents in Parliamentary-Committee Debates about the Inclusion of Child Psychological Maltreatment in the Quebec Youth Protection Act

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  • Nathalie Plante

    (School of Social Work, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada)

  • Lilian Negura

    (School of Social Work, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada)

Abstract

Child psychological maltreatment (CPM) was incorporated into the Quebec Youth Protection Act (YPA) in 2006. At that time, various civil-society actors were invited to present to Parliament their views on these legislative changes. The objective of this article is to document the social representations mobilized by the stakeholders in the parliamentary committee in relation to the inclusion of CPM in the Quebec YPA. After explaining our research objectives, questions, and methodology, we will discuss our results, in particular about the distinctive nature of children as a representational object. This specificity will be analyzed in order to better understand the type of communication it generates and the corresponding hegemonic representation of parents. Specifically, implications related to the representational dynamics identified are discussed in relation to our collective capacity (or incapacity) to debate sensitive issues such as child abuse.

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  • Nathalie Plante & Lilian Negura, 2021. "Social Representations of Children and Parents in Parliamentary-Committee Debates about the Inclusion of Child Psychological Maltreatment in the Quebec Youth Protection Act," Societies, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-21, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:11:y:2021:i:3:p:114-:d:638766
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