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Intimate partner violence, defined as control, coercion and abuse within dating relationships, is increasingly being recognized as a serious problem for young people in the UK. It is a child welfare issue affecting as many as one in three girls and, to a lesser but still significant extent, boys.

(Barter et al, 2009; End Violence Against Women & YouGov, 2010)

Our goals

To understand the issue

Our research helps us to understand young people’s experience of abuse and violence, as both perpetrators and survivors.

To develop an intervention

We have produced an authentic, interactive computer game, informed by our research, that can change attitudes and behaviours to reduce abuse and violence.

To have a lasting impact

We have worked with local and national organisations to influence policy and the curriculum. We hope our computer game and teaching materials will be widely adopted, enabling as many young people as possible to benefit from our research.
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Our research

Why intimate partner violence?

Research evidence clearly indicates that young people suffering from dating abuse and violence can:

  • experience emotional and psychological harm
  • engage in alcohol and substance misuse
  • have poor concentration, truancy and poor educational attainment
  • self-harm
  • experience early pregnancy
  • experience anxiety/or depression
  • experience suicidal ideation

The consequences can continue into adult life. It is vital that we tackle this child welfare issue now.

Our work
None in Three - United Kingdom
What?

The None in Three model uses a mixed methods research approach:

  • We conduct interviews and focus groups with survivors and perpetrators of intimate partner violence to gain a deep understanding  of young people’s experiences. We also conduct large surveys in schools and other institutions to determine children and young people’s attitudes to witnessing and/or experiencing violence and abuse in their everyday lives.
  • The outcomes from the interviews, focus groups and the large survey will inform the development of an interactive educative game for young people to play. A teaching resource pack will accompany the game, to ensure players have sufficient time to reflect on the issues and debate the characters’ attitudes and behaviours.
  • Finally we use further anonymous surveys to evaluate the impact on young people of the game and associated learning.
How?

We work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to understand the important work they do, and to interview the survivors and perpetrators of gender violence they support.

We also work closely with schools and with young people, some of whom will act as consultants helping us to develop a realistic and dynamic computer game.

Meet the characters from our game, currently being developed.

Characters - UK Game - None in Three

United Kingdom slider statistics

1Teenage Research Unlimited (2009). Teen Dating Abuse Survey. https://www.teenresearch.com

2Barter, C., McCarry, M., Berridge, D., and Evans, K. (2009). Partner exploitation and violence in teenage intimate relationships. London: NSPCC.

3Barter, C., and Stanley, N. (2016). Interpersonal Violence and Abuse in Adolescent Intimate Relationships: Mental Health Impact and Implications for Practice. International Review of Psychiatry, 28, pp. 485-503.

4Refuge and Avon (2017). Define the Line Study. https://www.refuge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Define-the-Line-infographic.pdf

Meet the characters from our game, currently being developed.

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