Psychosocial Problems among Survivors and Suggested Interventions for Coping with Child Sacrifice in Uganda

Luwangula, Ronald; Bukuluki, Paul; Twesigye, Justus

doi:10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.41.66

ILSHS > Volume 41 > Psychosocial Problems among Survivors and...

< Back to Volume

Psychosocial Problems among Survivors and Suggested Interventions for Coping with Child Sacrifice in Uganda

Full Text PDF

Abstract:

Child sacrifice remains a profound challenge to human socio-cultural rights. The increasing problem manifests in several dimensions. It results to death of some children, disappearance of others, children with life-time deformations and/or irreversible disabilities, to the detriment of the child and his/her immediate and extended families. Each child and family victim faces unique and diverse traumatic experiences and peculiar challenges, so are the coping mechanisms, where coping ever occurs. This paper identifies some of the challenges contingent upon cases illustrated. Analysis of the challenges faced and possible coping is guided by a framework of theories that underpin coping with traumatic experiences. These include; the play therapy for children, cognitive-behavioural therapy, the stage specific model, narrative coping mechanisms, and support and self-help groups therapy. Hence, a reflection on how the victims, survivors and their families/caregivers actually cope in practice, based on documented cases is made.

Info:

Periodical:

International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (Volume 41)

Pages:

66-77

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.41.66

Citation:

R. Luwangula et al., "Psychosocial Problems among Survivors and Suggested Interventions for Coping with Child Sacrifice in Uganda", International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 41, pp. 66-77, 2014

Online since:

September 2014

Authors:

Ronald Luwangula, Paul Bukuluki, Justus Twesigye

Keywords:

Child Protection, Child Sacrifice, Coping, Psychosocial

Export:

RIS, BibTeX, Text

Distribution:

Open Access

This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

References:

Adshead Gwen, Many major personal disasters are never reported in the press at all: (Treatment of Victims of Trauma, Journal of continuing Professional Development Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 1 (1995) 161-169.

Allen G. Jon, Coping with Trauma: The Menninger Clinic, 2010. Available at http: /www. menningerclinic. com/printablebro/coping_trauma05. htm.

ANPPCAN Uganda (n. d. ), Case Story of John (not real names): a survivor of child sacrifice.

Binoga Moses, The State of Child Sacrifice in the Country: A Paper Presented during the National Workshop on Child Sacrifice at Hotel Royale, Kampala, 5th Nov (2009).

Dass-Brailsford Priscilla, A Practical Approach to Trauma: Empowering Interventions; Sage Publications, (2007).

Herman L. Judith, Trauma and Recovery: Basic Books, 1992. Available at http: /www. uic. edu/classes/psych/psych270/PTSD. htm.

Levin Patti, Common Responses to Trauma & Coping Strategies, (2004).

Ljubica Vujadinovic, Child Sacrifice Becomes Booming Business: Uganda: Rare Survivors Suffer Lifetime Consequences, (2011).

Play therapy for children website available at http: /www. playtherapyforchildren. com/ Accessed 05. 03. (2012).

Play therapy for children website available at: http: /www. playtherapyforchildren. com/play. html Accessed 05. 03. (2012).

Shalev A.Y., Treating Survivors in the Immediate Aftermath of Traumatic Events: In Rachel Yehuda (Ed. ), Treating Trauma Survivors with PTSD; Washington DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (2002) 157-188.

The Advocacy Project Website, Lack of Evidence?": Interview 2 with Family Affected by Child Sacrifice Speaking on the Radio, Part II. Available at: http: /advocacynet. org/wordpress-mu/jjenifer/2011/07/31/meet-the-volunteers-of-thegideon-foundation-against-child-sacrifice/ Accessed 28. 02. (2012).

The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders, Ellent Hackery and Madeline Harris; (Eds. ), (2003).

Tucker-Ladd Clayton, Psychological Self-Help, (1996).

Tuval-Mashiach Rivka; Freedman Sara; Bargai Neta; Boker Rut; Hadar, Hilit; and Shalev Y. Arieh, Coping with Trauma, Narrative and Cognitive Perspectives, Psychiatry 67(3) (2004).

Uganda Police, Status of the Child Sacrifice Situation in the Country, 2nd December (2011).

Uganda Police, Human Sacrifice Cases with Traditional Healers as Major Suspects, (2008 - 5th July 2010).

Uganda Radio Network website, Parents of Child Sacrifice Survivor Ask Police: To Protect Him, (2009).

Webber J. M., Mascari J. B., Dubi M., & Gentry, J. E., Moving forward, Issues in trauma response and treatment: In G. R. Walz, J. Bleuer, and R. K. Yep (Eds. ), VISTAS; Compelling perspectives on counseling, Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association (2006).

Show More Hide

Cited By:

This article has no citations.