With all the instances of domestic and family violence in the media there's one type that doesn't get much coverage sibling violence. International research suggests it may be the most common form of violence within families, yet little is known about its impact on young people. Triple-J's hack program has obtained exclusive data which reveals the prevalence and outcomes of sibling violence.
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00:00Three different academics from three different universities came together to survey a group
00:07of young people about their experience of sibling-on-sibling domestic violence.
00:12And the findings that they came up with were pretty shocking.
00:15More than 70% of young people reported experiencing emotional abuse at the hands of a sibling,
00:22so things like denigration, verbal abuse, yelling.
00:28Also things like challenging their sexual and gender identity was part of that emotional
00:33abuse.
00:34A really high proportion also said they were physically abused by a sibling, 65%.
00:40One in four said that they had experienced threats of violence and threats to kill by
00:46a sibling, and around 14% said that they had suffered non-fatal strangulation at the hands
00:54of a sibling.
00:55But it's really important to note here that the line between victim and perpetrator is
00:59not necessarily clear cut.
01:02The research found that around one in five respondents said they had both used violence
01:07against a sibling, but also experienced it at the hands of a sibling.